It’s not easy to get a big laugh before a film‘s opening credits even complete their roll, but Dan Berk and Robert Olson’s “Novocaine” manages to pull that trick off without a hitch. Yes, those first laughs — built on the inspired choice to open a film about a guy who can’t feel any pain with R.E.M.’s “Everybody Hurts” — rely on an audience knowing the action outing’s biggest and best idea before they’ve even taken the first sip of their multiplex soda, but…
’Novocaine’ Review: This Jack Quaid-Starring Actioner Starts Like a Shot Before Numbing Effects Take Hold
