The read
Audiences rate it 41 points higher than critics do. Most of the 3,226 2000s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes26%
Metacritic30/100
Audiences rate it 41 points higher than critics do.
2,725 audience votes
Key crew
- Nick CassavetesDirector
- James KearnsScreenplay
- Aaron ZigmanOriginal Music Composer
- James KearnsWriter
Cast
- Denzel WashingtonJohn Quincy Archibald
- James WoodsDr. Raymond Turner
- Kimberly EliseDenise Archibald
- Robert DuvallLt. Frank Grimes
- Shawn HatosyMitch Quigley
- Eddie GriffinLester Matthews
- Kevin ConnollySteve Maguire
- Ethan SupleeGuard Max Conlin
- Ray LiottaChief Gus Monroe
- Anne HecheRebecca Payne
- Laura HarringGina Palumbo
- Heather WahlquistJulie Bird
