Note: Spoilers ahead for “Novocaine”

“Novocaine” may be about one man’s journey to find love, but it’s pretty brutal when that love also unexpectedly turns out to be a criminal.

Now in theaters, “Novocaine” centers on Nathan Caine (Jack Quaid), an assistant manager at a bank with a genetic condition that makes it impossible for him to feel pain. As a result, he has basically lived life in a bubble, actively avoiding any kind of harm he could experience, because it could be horrendous and life-threatening — and he simply would not know.

But when Nathan falls for his co-worker Sherry, played by Amber Midthunder, his world opens up. So, when she is taken hostage during a bank robbery, Nathan sets off to save her, no matter what life-threatening injuries he may face on the way — and he sure does face a lot. The thing is, viewers find out...