John Q

Cast: Denzel Washington

Studio: New Line

Rating: 4/10

Denzel Washington has done some great work, hell he just got nominated for an Oscar. Yet he does this film called innocuously enough John Q.

Admittedly the idea behind the film is a powerful one. We have all felt like raging against the machine of corporate red tap and ice cold hearts. But this goes in and never once makes you believe.

Here is the studio’s synopsys: After collapsing on the baseball field, a young boy is rushed to the hospital where it’s discovered that he needs a heart transplant. When the hospital learns that his down-on-his-luck father’s insurance won’t cover the operation, he’s promptly taken off the donor list. As a result, the boys’ father takes over the hospital’s emergency room until the doctors agree to operate.

The biggest problem are the huge, even unintelligent holes. First the hospital has one door to barricade? And so few patients? I thought this was an emergency room not a walk in clinic. The more we go the more mind numbing this film gets.

+ charlie craine