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Denzel Washington plays an
determined factory worker, living a hard-working life, and trying to provide
for his family. Everything is going well for him, until the day his
son collapses while playing baseball, and he is rushed to the hospital.
Diagnosis shows that his son requires a new heart, or he will die. The
flip is that through a plausible twist of fate, his insurance won't cover
the transplant, and the hospital won't do it for free. Unable to raise
the quarter of a million dollars to fund the transplant, he takes the
hospital hostage and demands that his son is put on the transplant list
before it is too late.
Much like Stephen King's The Stand, the movie is frightening because it
isn't too far from the truth, or the possible truth. There are a few
incidents which are unbelievable, but for the most part the movie is
faithful to the actual state of critical health care in the United States
today. (For example, the hospital might not do the transplant, but
they certainly wouldn't discharge him)
This movie had the potential to be very powerful and moving, but instead
they "wasted" the ending on a happy, everyone goes home, type of ending.
A shame really. This movie had the power to truly shock people, but
they threw it away. Still, it's not a bad show.
Rating 6.5/10 stars
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