When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, a man incapable of feeling physical pain turns his rare condition into an unexpected advantage in the fight to rescue her.When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, a man incapable of feeling physical pain turns his rare condition into an unexpected advantage in the fight to rescue her.When the girl of his dreams is kidnapped, a man incapable of feeling physical pain turns his rare condition into an unexpected advantage in the fight to rescue her.
Matt Walsh
- Coltraine
- (as Matthew Walsh)
Jessica Leigh Stanley
- Waitress
- (as Jessica Stanley)
Chioma Antoinette Umeala
- Bartender
- (as Chioma Umeala)
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- TriviaDan Berk and Robert Olsen visualized Jack Quaid as the perfect lead. From watching his performance on the murderous superhero series "The Boys," Berk and Olsen saw an energy in his everyman comedic performances that inspired them to dub him his generation's Tom Hanks. Yet to perfect this role took an unconventional skill set. "Jack had to rewire his brain so that he could get punched and not flinch," Olsen says. "Your whole life as an actor, you're told to sell the hit, and when you get punched, you flinch, you wince, you sell the pain. He had to work with our stunt coordinator, Stanimir Stamatov, to untrain himself from that."
- GoofsMincy hands Sherry her gun in the car, but the scene cuts back to Mincy where it shows she still has her gun holstered.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Project: Episode dated 4 April 2025 (2025)
- SoundtracksEverybody Hurts
Written by Bill Berry (as William Thomas Berry), Peter Buck (as Peter Lawrence Buck), Mike Mills (as Michael E. Mills) and Michael Stipe (as John Michael Stipe)
Performed by R.E.M.
Courtesy of Craft Recordings, a division of Concord
Featured review
Nate (Jack Quaid) is a mild-mannered bank employee with a genetic disorder. He can feel no pain. It sounds like a superpower, but the problem is that he can seriously injure himself without realising the fact. As a result he leads an extremely risk-averse life. All sharp edges in his home are padded, he avoids solid food for fear of biting his tongue in half, and he sets an alarm on his watch to remind him to go to the bathroom, because his bladder might burst if he forgets.
As a result, he lives a rather lonely life, playing video games with a friend he's never met face to face. That's until he falls for fellow employee Sherry (Amber Midthunder). Maybe things are looking up?
Then the bank is held up by three armed raiders, who get away with a lot of money plus a hostage - Sherry. Nate gives chase - leading him into a series of perils and adventures. He's not helped by the fact that the police aren't sure which side he's on.
The result is stupid (in a good way) but great fun, as Nate receives a series of increasingly-bizarre injuries without them slowing him down at all. There are enough twists to make things interesting, and enough comedy to make this film an enjoyable watch.
As a result, he lives a rather lonely life, playing video games with a friend he's never met face to face. That's until he falls for fellow employee Sherry (Amber Midthunder). Maybe things are looking up?
Then the bank is held up by three armed raiders, who get away with a lot of money plus a hostage - Sherry. Nate gives chase - leading him into a series of perils and adventures. He's not helped by the fact that the police aren't sure which side he's on.
The result is stupid (in a good way) but great fun, as Nate receives a series of increasingly-bizarre injuries without them slowing him down at all. There are enough twists to make things interesting, and enough comedy to make this film an enjoyable watch.
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- Also known as
- Novocaine sin dolor
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- Budget
- $18,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $19,861,854
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,809,436
- Mar 16, 2025
- Gross worldwide
- $33,752,411
- Runtime1 hour 50 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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