Movie Review: ‘Novocaine,’ with Jack Quaid, is a shot of bloody action-comedy
The hero at the heart of “Novocaine” can't feel pain. The new film in theaters Friday stars Jack Quaid as Nate, an ordinary guy whose disability becomes his saving grace when attempting to save a hostage from violent criminals.
Quaid's leading role in Novocaine feels like a natural continuation of these genre-bent everymen. He plays Nathan Caine, a ...
While Quaid is the son of actors Meg Ryan and Dennis Quaid, the man portraying the lead villain is Ray Nicholson, whose ...
Jack Quaid has chops that could take him much further than this violent live-action cartoon marked by cringeworthy misfortune ...
Directors Dan Berk and Robert Olsen tell IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit podcast about mixing humor, character, and action to ...
The filmmaking pair Dan Berk and Robert Olsen's latest directorial Novocaine has made its released on 14th March, 2025.
Being a good guy isn't always painless but it is pretty fun for Jack Quaid, who gets a star vehicle with his new action ...
Jack Quaid stars as a man whose rare condition—he can’t feel pain—turns into something of a superpower when he goes on a ...
Despite winning work by Jack Quaid, as the regular guy immune from pain, and Amber Midthunder, as his love interest in peril, ...
Jack Quaid puts his everyman charms through the wringer for love, but even he can’t save this forgettable action comedy.
If we’re just judging on merit, never fear; Novocaine is, in a word, amazing. Though if we’re using two, it would be ...
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