Novocaine
2025, R, 110 min.
Directed by Dan Berk, Robert Olsen, Starring Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Evan Hengst, Conrad Kemp, Ray NIcholson, Matt Walsh, Jacob Batalon.
Jack Quaid’s everyman becomes an action hero when his best gal gets kidnapped. His secret
weapon? He can’t feel pain.
This article appears in March 14 • 2025.
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