Jack Quaid’s Electrifying ‘Novocaine’: A Review of Triumphs and Tribulations.
The opening minutes of Novocaine hit like a double shot of espresso: a frenetic car chase through rain-slicked Los Angeles streets, gunfire ricocheting off concrete, and Jack Quaid’s bloodied antihero, Eli, snarling into a burner phone, “You want a war? Let’s fucking dance.” For a moment, director David Slade (Hard Candy, 30 Days of Night) seems poised to … Read more