John Q
Give a father no options and you leave him no choice.
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
Wokeness: 60%
Overall Score: 40%
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This is Democrat funded garbage that promotes terrorism and their own Healthcare agenda...
Marxists are against violence only when it suits them to play pacifists, and they are totally pro-violence when all arguments fail them. Total hypocrites... total liars...
Created: 06-16-2025
Pushes the free health care agenda
Created: 02-19-2026
Tries to portray a violent criminal as a hero with a rightous purpose.
It has been years since I've seen this movie, but...
Transplant lists are larger than transplant supplies. It's a fact of life.
Younger patients are at the top of the list. There's more potential use of the organs.
Economic status is not a consideration for transplant committees.
This is all heartbreaking, but true. (You may want to update your Organ Donor Status.)
That said, the one line I remember in the movie: "You just tried to shoot an innocent man on live TV." or something to that effect. This was after a sniper took a shot at John Q. who was holding several people hostage. That's hardly innocent. He was using the threat of violence for his purpose.
The desperation is understandable by any parent. That doesn't justify the actions here.
The movie was hard for me to watch because the underlying agenda was overwhelming.
Created: 02-20-2026