• Director(s)

    Dan Berk, Robert Olsen

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Comedy

  • Approx. running minutes

    109m

  • Cast

    Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson

Film

Novocaine

strong bloody violence, gore, language

Exaggerated bloody mayhem features prominently in this US action comedy in which a man with a condition that makes him impervious to pain attempts to rescue his girlfriend who has been taken hostage by ruthless bank robbers.…

Exaggerated bloody mayhem features prominently in this US action comedy in which a man with a condition that makes him impervious to pain attempts to rescue his girlfriend who has been taken hostage by ruthless bank robbers.

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Content Advice(May contain spoilers)

violence

threat and horror

language

sex

discrimination

suicide and self-harm

injury detail

drugs

  • Director(s)

    Dan Berk, Robert Olsen

  • Production Year

    2024

  • Genre(s)

    Action, Comedy

  • Approx. running minutes

    109m

  • Cast

    Jack Quaid, Amber Midthunder, Ray Nicholson

strong bloody violence, gore, language
Classified Date:
17/01/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures UK
violence
Strong, chaotic violence, presented in a comically exaggerated style, features heavy beatings, stabbings and slashings, the use of imaginatively improvised weapons, strangling and bone-breaks, accompanied by extensive bloodshed.
threat and horror
Strong threat features people being menaced by guns, knives, other improvised weapons and verbal intimidation.
language
Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'son of a bitch', 'shit', 'ass', 'asshole', 'damn', 'hell', 'God', 'Jesus' and 'Christ'.
sex
As a couple get intimate, the woman opens her shirt to reveal her bra. There are comical verbal references to conjugal visits at a prison.
discrimination
A man reflects on being bullied at school and given a mocking nickname because of his medical condition.
suicide and self-harm
There are passing verbal and visual references to self-harming and suicide.
injury detail
Strong gory injury detail, such as wounds, burns, broken bones and pools of blood, is seen in the aftermath of violent events. A person incapable of feeling pain performs improvised surgery on himself, extracting a bullet from his arm and sealing the wound with household glue.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
strong bloody violence, gore, language
Classified Date:
13/03/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures International Limited
violence
Strong, chaotic violence, presented in a comically exaggerated style, features heavy beatings, stabbings and slashings, the use of imaginatively improvised weapons, strangling and bone-breaks, accompanied by extensive bloodshed.
threat and horror
Strong threat features people being menaced by guns, knives, other improvised weapons and verbal intimidation.
language
Strong language ('f**k', 'motherf**ker') is accompanied by milder terms such as 'son of a bitch', 'shit', 'ass', 'asshole', 'damn', 'hell', 'God', 'Jesus' and 'Christ'.
sex
As a couple get intimate, the woman opens her shirt to reveal her bra. There are comical verbal references to conjugal visits at a prison.
discrimination
A man reflects on being bullied at school and given a mocking nickname because of his medical condition.
suicide and self-harm
There are passing verbal and visual references to self-harming and suicide.
injury detail
Strong gory injury detail, such as wounds, burns, broken bones and pools of blood, is seen in the aftermath of violent events. A person incapable of feeling pain performs improvised surgery on himself, extracting a bullet from his arm and sealing the wound with household glue.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
Classified Date:
24/02/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures UK
Classified Date:
13/02/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures UK
Classified Date:
13/02/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures UK
Classified Date:
16/01/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures UK
Classified Date:
16/01/2025
Version:
2D
Use:
Cinema
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures UK
Classified Date:
17/03/2025
Use:
Physical media
Distributor:
Paramount Pictures International Limited

  • Classified date

    13/03/2025

  • Language

    English