• StatusReleased
  • Release Date2002-02-15
  • Runtime116 minutes
  • TaglineGive a father no options and you leave him no choice.
  • Revenue102,244,770$
  • GenreDrama, Thriller, Crime
  • Production
    CompaniesEvolution Entertainment, New Line Cinema, Burg/Koules Productions
  • Budget36,000,000$

Movie Overview

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.

Casts

Denzel Washington

James Woods

Kimberly Elise

Robert Duvall

Shawn Hatosy

Eddie Griffin

Kevin Connolly

Ethan Suplee

Ray Liotta

Anne Heche

Laura Harring

Heather Wahlquist

Daniel E. Smith

David Thornton

Paul Johansson

Obba Babatundé

Troy Byer

Troy Winbush

Martha Chaves

Larissa Laskin

Vanessa Branch

Stephanie Moore

Yanna McIntosh

Noam Jenkins

Allegra Fulton

Shera Danese

Scott Bloom

Dina Spybey-Waters

Carlos Diaz

Simon Sinn

Keram Malicki-Sánchez

Philip Williams

Nigel Shawn Williams

Frank Cassavetes

Angelo Tsarouchas

Vijay Mehta

Andrew Schaff

Jay Leno

Gloria Allred

Larry King

Arianna Huffington

Ted Demme

Nas

Bill Maher

Claire Rankin

Philip Craig

Gerry Quigley