John Q [Blu-ray]

Another film for my set

Brilliant film, I saw this years ago and it’s just brilliant.

Good film

very good action film

Like all his films you end up liking Denzel Washington as he always seems to be the good guy what ever the out come. In this film there is no doubt as he fights for and eventually gets a heart transplant for his terminally ill little boy. Not in my opinion one of his best as the story is a bit weak and predictable but it does underline how corrupt the establishment is in dealing with the 'little man'. Frankly how many of us have been ripped off by Insurance companies promising all and delivering very little. It explains in no uncertain terms that to beat the system violence is the last resort to obtain justice. Well worth a viewing but not the best.

Brilliant thanks

A pleasant film that is neither spectacular or awful. It just grabs your attention and holds it without being memorable. A good film for spending an evening on the sofa.

This 111 min REGION 2 DVD had a very good story line and well acted by Denzel Washington, Kimberly Elise and Daniel E Smith, the Archibold family. The film was excellent, very tense, emotional, with no bad language or sexual scenes.John Q (Denzel Washington) is an ordinary man who works at a factory and takes care of his family. His wife Denise and young son Daniel are his life and world. 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 take to keep his son alive. With time and options running out, a desperate gamble becomes his only hope, resulting in him taking patients and staff in the emergency room hostage.

Super film j'ai adoré.

La película es importantísima, imprescindible para entender la enorme importancia de la Sanidad Pública como Derecho Humano fundamental que se viola (por su ausencia) sistemáticamente en muchísimos sitios. USA es uno de ellos. Aquí en España, la Sanidad Pública está dañada y en peligro, debido a las políticas neoliberales en auge de la (extrema) derecha. La gente, debe verla para entenderlo.PERO OJO, este DVD no está en español, sólo en inglés.

Bellissimo film che tratta il tema dell assistenza sanitaria in America.Un sempre ottimo Denzel Washington magistrale in ogni sua interpretazione.Da avere assolutamente nella propria cineteca,ottima qualità audio/video.Spedizione Amazon perfetta 🔝

La película esta a un excelente precio y al tener PRIME el envió esta incluido, por lo cual me llego al siguiente día. Esta película es un clásico de Denzel Washington. Para los coleccionistas este Blu viene impreso en ingles que es un plus para mi.

Highly under-rated and ignored by most in 2002, "John Q" is one of those movies that is sometimes too intelligent for a viewing public unfamiliar with topics never really thought about in common societal circles (health care and insurance policies, rights of blue-collar citizens, media exploitation, law enforcement practices and over-paid medical specialists). Denzel Washington's young son falls out one day at a little league baseball game. The diagnosis is frightening. Without a new heart, the boy will most definitely die. Washington, a normal everyday citizen, lacks substantial resources and benefits from his insurance to even get his son on a donor's list. It is blatantly obvious that Washington and wife Kimberly Elise are being strangled by red tape in a mercilessly heartless (no pun intended) system. Friends Laura Herring and David Thornton (and seemingly countless other ordinary people) do their best to help the couple raise money and soon it seems that most everything they have is on the market to be sold. Work and more hard work does not get the couple much closer to having the money they desperately need. Washington realizes that time is now of the essence. He has been pushed and pushed again and now he takes it upon himself to push back. As a last resort he literally takes the doctor (James Woods) hostage, along with other bystanders who have nothing to do with Washington's war with the hospitals and insurance organizations. Immediately cops led by Robert Duvall and Ray Liotta surround the hospital and the tenseness builds. Hungry media cronies (who would not help Washington when he had asked earlier) also try to benefit from the misery of all those that are involved with their typical exploitation tactics (one thing Jerry Springer got right). Will Washington's son be saved and is Washington actually willing to take his own life in the venture so his boy can live? "John Q" is a very impressive production from director Nick Cassavetes (showing much of the same ability his late father John showed throughout his career). Screenwriter James Kearns gets to the soul of an American society that has been blinded by economics and inefficient big-wigs who have no business possessing the careers they have. Morality has gone out the window and that "hypocritical oath" that is so prevalent in the medical field seems to be little more than a silly afterthought. "John Q" succeeds everywhere just about except in its ending. The ending is a major mistake that took away from some of the good things accomplished before the final ten minutes. Washington, arguably better here than in recent triumphs like "Training Day" (an Oscar-winning role) and "Antwone Fisher", goes to an even higher plateau here. Much like Al Pacino in the equally under-rated "Dog Day Afternoon" (an admittedly better picture), Washington dominates in a role that thrives on a claustrophobic aspect that cannot be escaped or denied within the film's running time. Duvall and Woods are also solid, as always, but Washington is the man here. Strikingly accurate when pointing the finger at things wrong with America these days, "John Q" is a thought-provoking production that will cause its audience to think and learn about sometimes forgotten aspects of human life.