As time and options run out, a desperate gamble becomes the only hope for john q, as he. Professionally, washington spent four years as the running back for the united football leagues sacramento mountain lions washington shifted to an acting career like his father. But when michael falls seriously ill and needs an emergency heart transplant operation that john q. Denzel washington stars as napoleon stone a lawyer and bob hoskins stars as jack moony as a police officer. Heart condition 1990 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. What a great ensemble drama from denzel washington and james woods to ray liotta and robert duvall. See more ideas about denzel washington, i movie and love movie. A national health care crisis in the united states yields this tense. I was watching this movie on tv and dont know the name of it or how it ended. Most popular heart transplant movies and tv shows imdb. The 10 year old son who needs a heart transplant is a huge bodybuilding fan, and idolizes such bodybuilders as ronnie coleman, flex wheeleralthough he mentions flex weighing 275 lbs at 2% bodyfat, when in reality flex wheeler is only 230240 lbs max. His wife denise kimberly elise and young son michael daniel e. In the movie, johns son needs a heart transplant, and he. Archibald, an ordinary man who works at a factory and takes care of his family.
Denzel washington is a downonhis luck father, whose insurance wont cover his sons heart transplant. Denzel washingtons son has grown up to be gorgeous news features the dirt royals movies crime by sarah szabo april 6, 2018 11. John q denzel washington is just an average man, he works at a factory and his wife and his son michael are his whole world. Academy award and golden globewinner denzel washington training day, american gangster stars as john q. Professionally, washington spent four years as the running back for the united football league s sacramento mountain lions. And the great thing, if thats the right word, is that with the financial crisis even now, its as currently topical now, as it was back then. Denzel washington and kimberly elise in john q 2002 robert duvall in john q 2002 daniel e. Best supporting actor for the historical war drama film glory 1989 and best actor for his role as corrupt detective alonzo harris in the crime thriller training day 2001. Name remember the titans 2000 as a coach struggling to erase the gap between two different skin colored football team or in john q 2002 as a father fighting for his son s heart transplant. In carbon copy 1981, george segal discovers his son is denzel washington. Denzel played john quincy archibald, the father of a young son, michael. The son has a heart condition and needs a transplant.
Archibald denzel washington is an ordinary man whose life revolves around his family. Im not much of a movie goer,so the ending was fresh for me. John quincy archibald takes a hospital emergency room hostage when his insurance wont cover his sons heart transplant. Raymond turner james woods and rebecca payne anne heche, a hospital administrator, that michael has an enlarged heart.
A touching drama about a father trying to get his sick son a heart transplant despite being on welfare. The two rivals competeting in the same work force area in their community to help bring down drug rate. Aug 08, 2017 back in 2002, denzel washington starred in a movie called john q. This movie also touched upon a subject that is very near and dear to my heart. The actiondrama that ensuesreplete with oneliners, stilted debate, inept snipers, and multiple references to o. He has received two golden globe awards, one tony award, and two academy awards. The movie was shot in a group of provincial government buildings in toronto, ontario. His family earns too much to qualify for medicaid or other assistance and he has to pay outofpocket to keep his son in the intensivecare unit. Denzel washington stars as john q, a man whose young son needs an emergency heart transplant. He needed cardiac surgery, urgently, to have a heart replacement. The movie s title character takes an emergency room hostage to get a heart transplant for his dying son.
The black guy denzel washington then appears as a ghost in the cops life. But when michael falls seriously ill and needs an emergency heart transplant operation that john q cant afford and his health insurance will not cover, he vows to do whatever it will. The film tells the story of john quincy archibald denzel washington, a father and husband whose son is. Jesus, the heart transplant donor, and denzel washingtons. Washington and hsi family were poor and insurance wouldnt cover it. Denzel washington list of movies and tv shows tv guide. A racist cop receives a heart transplant from a black lawyer he hates, who returns as a ghost to ask the cop to help take down the men who murdered him. John q 710 movie clip take my heart 2002 hd youtube. Bob hoskins, denzel washington, chloe webb, roger e. John quincy archibald takes a hospital emergency room hostage when his insurance wont cover his son s heart transplant. Washington plays john archibald, a factory worker with reduced hours who discovers that his health care insurance at work is not enough to get proper medical treatment for his son, who needs a heart transplant.
Denzel washington offers to sacrifice himself for his son. John rushes michael to a hospital emergency room where he is informed that michaels only hope is a transplant. Denzel washington stars as john q, a man whose young son needs an emergency. Smith plays johns ailing son who needs a heart transplant to live. The film tells the story of john quincy archibald denzel washington, a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and finds out he is unable to receive a transplant because hmo insurance will not cover it, before he decides to hold up the hospital and force them to do it. Then the community staretd raising money and that is all i saw. The magnificent seven 2016 the equalizer 2014 robert bobby trench. Their goal would be to find the mysterious men that shot and killed. Denzel washington plays the desperate bluecollar father who takes measures into his own hands to help his ailing son by taking an emergency room hostage to ensure surgery for him. John david washington born july 28, 1984 is an american actor and former football running back. Archibald, a chicago factory worker whose apparently healthy son collapses during a little league game. The film tells the story of john quincy archibald denzel washington, a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and finds out he is unable to receive a transplant because hmo insurance will not cover it, before he decides to hold up the hospital and force them to.
John q is the story of a man who finds himself up against a wall. Back in 2002, denzel washington starred in a movie called john q. John q 110 movie clip heart failure 2002 hd youtube. A workingclass africanamerican father tries to raise his family in the 1950s, while coming to terms with the events of his life. After a series of tests at the hospital, john is informed by dr.
When he discovers his insurance wont cover it, he will do anything to keep his son alive. He played college football at morehouse college and signed with the st. Denzel washington full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. He did not commit a real crime and did not spend any time in prison. In the storyline of the movie, denzel washingtons character, john q, has a son who suddenly becomes ill and is in need of a heart transplant but john qs hmo wont cover the cost of the transplant. Archibald, a workingclass father so desperate to get an organ transplant for his dying son that when insurance and all else fail he takes. John q 2002 official trailer denzel washington, robert duvall. Apr 06, 2018 denzel washingtons son has grown up to be gorgeous news features the dirt royals movies crime by sarah szabo april 6, 2018 11.
Archibald, a factory worker facing financial hardship as a result of reduced hours in his workplace. Smith, is stricken during a baseball game, john and his wife, denise kimberly elise, discover that their child is in need of an emergency heart transplant. Upon taking him to a local hospital, he and his wife are told his son needs a. With denzel washington, viola davis, stephen mckinley henderson, jovan adepo. Denzel washington continues to prove why he is one of the best actors in the business with his performance in john q, a moving, emotional, and tensioncharged drama about a family man whose son needs a heart transplant.
A heartsick fathers plea for health care the washington. With time and money running out, john takes his son s cardiac specialist hostage and barricades himself in the hospital emergency room. John q denzel washington is an ordinary man who works at a factory and takes care of his family. In the storyline of the movie, denzel washington s character, john q, has a son who suddenly becomes ill and is in need of a heart transplant but john q s hmo wont cover the cost of the transplant. What happened in movie w denzel washington where his sick. Kimberly elise plays johns wife whos worried and distraught about mikes condition. His wife denise and young son daniel are his life and world. When his son is taken ill and needs an needs an urgent heart transplant, he soon learns that his insurance wont cover the bills and he has no real hope of raising the cash himself. John quincy archibalds son michael collapses while playing baseball as a result of heart failure. Joining the doctor is appropriately named hospital administrator. Finding it difficult to get a job, he and his wife kimberly elise and son daniel e. Washington, robert duvall movie hd a downonhis luck father, whose insurance wont cover his sons heart transplant, takes the hospitals. Archibald denzel washington is encountering one hardship after another, disaster strikes when his young son mike collapses during a little league baseball game. See more ideas about denzel washington, denzel washington films and washington.
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