A man rushes his son to hospital after the youngster suffers heart failure, only to learn the staff will not perform a life-saving transplant because his insurance does not cover it. In an act of desperation, the aggrieved father takes the medics hostage until they agree to carry out the operation. Drama, starring Denzel Washington, Anne Heche, James Woods and Robert Duvall.

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.