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A new image from Novocaine has been revealed. The upcoming 2025 action thriller movie stars The Boys‘ Jack Quaid, who plays Nathan Caine, a bank executive impervious to experiencing physical pain. When his girlfriend (Amber Midthunder) is kidnapped, Nathan puts his ordinary life behind him and decides to use his inability to feel pain in order to save the love of his life. Novocaine‘s cast also includes Ray Nicholson, Betty Gabriel, Matt Walsh, Lou Beatty Jr., Evan Hengst, Conrad Kemp, and Jacob Batalon.

ScreenRant can now share an exclusive first-look image from Novocaine. The image shows Quaid’s character, Nathan, sitting in the driver’s seat of a car and looking alarmed while holding a gun and staring at a laptop. The forefinger on Nathan’s hand in the image is stained with dried blood, which may be his own, or from someone he has recently hurt or killed in the quest to find and save his kidnapped girlfriend. See the full-size image below:

Novocaine Is A Perfect Movie For Jack Quaid

Nathan Is Reminiscent Of The Boys’ Hughie Campbell

With many parallels between Nathan and Quaid’s The Boys character, Hughie, Novocaine looks like the perfect movie for him to star in. Being covered in blood, in a situation that is over his head, and dealing with ruthless individuals is what happens with Hughie in nearly every episode of The Boys. Even Nathan’s motivation, to save his girlfriend, has similarities to Hughie’s initial motivation of getting justice for his girlfriend who was murdered by a supe. In the above image, he may be seeing his kidnapped girlfriend on the laptop, further contributing to his panicked expression.

One significant way that Novocaine is distinct from The Boys is that Nathan gets to be the hero and the undisputed star of the story. The Boys is an ensemble series and Hughie is not always at the forefront of it. In Novocaine, Nathan has to rely on himself and his “superpower” of not feeling pain and will be unable to rely on a team of allies like Hughie has in the Prime Video show. Nathan will use weapons as seen in the image, but will also engage in hand-to-hand combat, making him more of an action hero than Hughie.

Novocaine Is One Of 2025’s Most Exciting Action Movies

It Has Multiple Advantages Over Other 2025 Action Movies

While there are many highly anticipated action movies releasing in 2025, most of them are attached to franchises, and feature experienced action heroes. Part of what makes Novocaine exciting is that it is an original story not attached to an ongoing franchise. Nathan is also a compelling draw, as he is a novice at being an action hero, but has a condition that makes him a unique threat. The tense and comedic scenarios that can be built from this are enticing and make Novocaine a must-see movie in 2025.

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Jack Quaid stars as Nathan Caine, a bank executive with congenital insensitivity to pain. When his girlfriend is kidnapped during a bank robbery, his rare condition becomes his greatest asset in a daring rescue mission.

Release Date

March 14, 2025

Director

Dan Berk
, Robert Olsen

Writers

Lars Jacobson