Novocaine

• Action
• Comedy
• Thriller

Nate, a cheerfully unremarkable bank employee with a complete lack of pain response, finds his mundane life violently upended when the woman he’s smitten with is taken hostage during a chaotic robbery. What begins as a desperate, almost accidental attempt to rescue her escalates into a darkly comedic and increasingly audacious series of improvised maneuvers, leaning into his unique condition as both a superpower and a frustrating inconvenience. This isn’t a story about a hero *becoming* something more, but about an utterly average man navigating extraordinary circumstances with bewildered commitment, finding a rebellious, mischievous spirit in the face of escalating absurdity. The film’s tone balances frantic energy with a surprising amount of playful physicality, built around a protagonist whose detachment from physical consequence creates a uniquely unsettling and hilarious dynamic within the high-stakes heist film framework.