Film Review — Novocaine

Jack Quaid can’t feel pain in Dan Berk and Robert Olsen’s so-so, eye-wateringly violent action comedy

Credit: Paramount

There are times when I’m astonished at how lenient the British Board of Film Classification are these days. Had an action thriller as scorchingly violent as Novocaine been released thirty years ago, it would have gained an instant 18 certificate and possibly been subject to cuts. Thankfully, the BBFC today don’t have an issue with allow…