Is ‘Novocaine’s Condition Where You Can’t Feel Pain a Real Thing?
The film’s tagline sums it up in five words: “Nathan Caine can’t feel pain.”That’s not some sort of pun or metaphor about his cold heart; literally you can punch or kick or stab or shoot the guy, and he won’t even flinch.
'Novocaine' review: Jack Quaid crushes as an unlikely action hero who can't feel pain
Quaid's leading role in Novocaine feels like a natural continuation of these genre-bent everymen. He plays Nathan Caine, a mild-mannered assistant bank manager who has congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA), a genetic disorder that impacts his nervous system to the point that he can't feel pain or temperature.
An accidental hero feels no pain in 'Novocaine,' a brutal yet weightless action-comedy
Directed by Dan Berk and Robert Olsen from a script by Lars Jacobson, it’s about a San Diego assistant bank manager named Nathan Cane (Quaid) with congenital insensitivity to pain — a rare and real condition in which a person can't feel cuts,
‘Novocaine’: A Hero Can’t Feel Pain, But the Film’s Audience Will
Nathan Caine (Jack Quaid) can’t feel pain, but audiences will while watching Novocaine, a misfire that never strikes the right balance between comedy and carnage. The story of a man with a rare genetic condition that makes him impervious to suffering who finds himself thrust into rescue-mission mode when his beloved is kidnapped,
Painless hero makes Novocaine a gut-busting action comedy
Stories featuring ordinary people faced with extreme situations have proven to be popular in film history. They range from Hitchcock movies like Rear Window to Brian De Palma’s Blow Out to the Coen Brothers’ Fargo.
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