剧情介绍
生活并不富裕的约翰·Q·阿奇伯德（丹泽尔·华盛顿 Denzel Washington饰）是个工厂里卖命工作的工人。为了养家糊口，两夫妻感情日渐淡漠而导致婚姻濒临破裂。更加雪上加霜的是，不幸降临在了他们9岁的儿子迈克尔身上。 一天，迈克尔突然在棒球场上昏倒，当约翰·Q把儿子送到医院后才得知：儿子患有严重的先天性心脏病，需要进行心脏移植手术才能保住性命，这高昂的手术费用远远超过他的医疗保险范围。约翰·Q几经沟通未果，医院主管决定把他们从等待移植者的名单中剔除。此举激怒了作为父亲的约翰·Q。他愤然持枪闯入了医院的急诊室，绑架了无辜的医护人员和病人做人质，要求院方立刻为儿子动手术。这场挑战道德与法律的人性之战，并非想象得如此简单……John Quincy Archibald's son Michael collapses while playing baseball as a result of heart failure. John rushes Michael to a hospital emergency room where he is informed that Michael's only hope is a transplant. Unfortunately, John's insurance won't cover his son's transplant. Out of options, John Q. takes the emergency room staff and patients hostage until hospital doctors agree to do the transplant.