“Novocaine,” a Paramount Pictures release in theaters Friday, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association for “strong, bloody violence, language throughout, grisly images). Running time: 110 minutes. Two and a half stars out of four.

Action movie junkies are going to be fed well as the 2025 movie schedule continues, and a fresh title is just about to hit theaters. The film in question is Novocaine, a wild new flick starring Jack Quaid of The Hunger Games,

When a movie like Novocaine, starring Jack Quaid, sounds like John Wick meets Nobody, there is a high chance of it being a derivative action flick. Luckily, Novocaine has the sauce. In a somewhat surprising twist,