John Q was released in the year 2002。John Q is also called as Végszükség, Um Ato de Coragem, Situación extrema, John Q. - Verzweifelte Wut。

John Quincy Archibald's son Michael collapses while playing baseball as a result of heart failure. John rushes Michael to a hospital emergency room where he is informed that Michael's only hope is a transplant. Unfortunately, John's insurance won't cover his son's transplant. Out of options, John Q. takes the emergency room staff and patients hostage until hospital doctors agree to do the transplant.

John Q actors and actresses include Anne Heche, Denzel Washington, Dina Spybey, Eddie Griffin, Ethan Suplee, Heather Wahlquist, Larissa Laskin, Laura Harring, Paul Johansson, Shawn Hatosy, Troy Beyer, Troy Winbush, Vanessa Branch。