A young woman is killed in a collision with a truck. Weeks earlier in Chicago, factory worker John Quincy Archibald and his wife Denise rush their young son Michael to the hospital after he collapses at his baseball game, and are told by cardiologist Dr. Raymond Turner and administrator Rebecca Payne that Michael needs a heart transplant. The hospital requires $75,000 down payment of the procedure’s $250,000 cost to place Michael on the organ transplant list. John discovers that his health insurance will not cover the surgery.John Q 2002 Movie Download.
John and Denise struggle to raise the money and the hospital prepares to send Michael home to die. Determined to save his son, John takes Dr. Turner and several patients and staff hostage at gunpoint in the ER, and allows a gunshot victim to be treated. Police negotiator Lt. Frank Grimes makes contact with John, who demands Payne put Michael’s name on the organ transplant list.John Q 2002 Movie Download.
Grimes clashes with his superior Chief Gus Monroe, while most of the hostages sympathize with John’s plight and reflect on the flaws of America’s healthcare system. One of the nurse revealed that Micheal’s condition could have been detected much earlier during routine checkup but the doctor ignored it to gain bonus from insurance company to keep his mouth shut to maintain their profit. Agreeing to release some of the patients, John is attacked by hostage Mitch, whose abused girlfriend Julie helps John subdue and handcuff Mitch. John frees expectant couple Steve and Miriam and immigrant mother Rosa with her infant son, who all declare their support for John to the news crews outside. Grimes and Payne reveal John’s actions to Denise, and Payne places Michael on the list to perform the operation pro bono.