US EditionMovie Review: ‘Novocaine,’ with Jack Quaid, is a shot of bloody action-comedy
- The movie 'Novocaine', starring Jack Quaid, features an introverted man who cannot feel pain, which aids him when his love interest is taken hostage during a bank robbery.
- 'Novocaine' is projected to earn between $10 million to $12 million in its opening weekend, competing for the top box office spot with 'Mickey 17'.
- Critics find 'Novocaine' enjoyable, rating it two and a half stars out of four, despite its strong violence and grisly images.
- Paramount Pictures invested $18 million in 'Novocaine', which is a cost-effective budget compared to other high-profile films in the same release period.
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How The Wildest Thriller Of The Year Made Its Action Feel Real
Paramount PicturesNovocaine starts with such an endearing romance, its stars nearly forgot they were making an action movie.“We completely forgot about every other element of the movie, because that was what we started with when we were shooting,” Amber Midthunder tells Inverse. “Our first day was our by far most intimate scene.”Midthunder stars as Sherry, one-half of Novocaine’s charming central relationship. She is the dream girl who shakes th…
Jack Quaid a delight in silly-but-violent ‘Novocaine’
What if John Wick weren’t trained as an assassin but also couldn’t feel pain? Well, essentially, he’d be Jack Quaid’s Nathan Caine, the appealing protagonist of “Novocaine,” an action-comedy romp that has quite a bit of heart and punches a bit above its weight as it leaves a trail of blood while staggering into theaters this week. You see, Nate has a rare genetic disorder, one that allowed his classmates in middle school to feel it was OK as the…
An action comedy where outrageous violence is delivered in overbidding and humor.
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