Novocaine
We just basically got an R-rated version ofHome Alonethanks to Jack Quaid’s new action movieNovocaine.
The original 1990Home Aloneis a classic in many ways that still holds up to this day.
It has an 82% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
What he doesn’t know is the criminal booby-trapped his house before the bank heist.
It’s through this sequence thatNovocaineessentially becomes an R-rated version ofHome Alone.
It helped make the sequence one of the best inNovocainefor me.
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But ultimately,none of these traps drew blood (that we see) or had potentially deadly consequences.
The same is not true forNovocaineand Jack Quaid’s character.
The mace may have killed him if it struck his chest or head instead of back.
Novocaine follows the story of a successful dentist whose life spirals out of control after becoming entangled with a seductive patient. Facing unexpected challenges and criminal activity, he finds his personal and professional worlds colliding, leading to an urgent fight to preserve both his reputation and sanity.
He would’ve died of natural causes even if he hadn’t been saved from the rope.
Furthermore, the arrow to the leg hindered his ability to walk.
Nathan is even tortured after all this by the brother after getting caught.
It all makes Harry and Marv’s injuries look a bit more mild.
If Kevin’s traps were anything like what Nathan encountered inNovocaine, the Wet Bandits probably would’ve died.
Home Alone tells the story of Kevin McAllister, an eight-year-old who is left behind in his Chicago home when his family flies to Paris for the holidays. Not only must Kevin keep himself safe while his mother flies back across the world, but he must protect his home from the Wet Bandits - serial burglars who are targeting the McAllister House. Kevin must use every trick in the book to keep the Wet Bandits from stealing Christmas before his mother returns.
