John Quincy Archibald (Denzel Washington) is in an ordeal. His son, Michael has an enlarged heart and is dying at the hospital. John needs to get $75,000 to enable his son's name to be on the recipient’s list.But he doesn't have enough money and tries to use his health insurance, but it does not cover him well enough, he sells his things and even and even the community donated money for him. But still not nearly enough.
The hospital gets tired and decides to discharge his son. He is being condemned to die. But he must not die, a father's love would not allow that, and so the father decides to use an extreme method to try and get his son a new heart.
