Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 116 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Frights
- Mild
The story
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.
- chicago
- illinois
- parent child relationship
- heart attack
- kidnapping
- heart disease
- hostage-taking
- hospital
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Denzel Washington
John Quincy Archibald
James Woods
Dr. Raymond Turner
Kimberly Elise
Denise Archibald
Robert Duvall
Lt. Frank Grimes
- Shawn Hatosy — Mitch Quigley
- Eddie Griffin — Lester Matthews
- Kevin Connolly — Steve Maguire
- Ethan Suplee — Guard Max Conlin
- Ray Liotta — Chief Gus Monroe
- Anne Heche — Rebecca Payne
- Laura Harring — Gina Palumbo
- Heather Wahlquist — Julie Bird
- Daniel E. Smith — Mike Archibald
- David Thornton — Jimmy Palumbo
- Paul Johansson — Tuck Lampley
- Directed
- Nick Cassavetes
- Written
- James Kearns
Production
- Rating
- 7.2 / 10 · 2,719 ratings
- Studio
- Evolution Entertainment, New Line Cinema, Burg/Koules Productions
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