Novocaine 4K Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.5
Video		4.0
Audio		4.0
Extras		2.0
Overall		3.5

Novocaine 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Paramount and Amazon have collaborated on a store exclusive SteelBook release for the 2025 Action-Comedy film 'Novocaine.' The disc and digital content is identical to that found in the wide release. See the 'Special Features and Extras' section of the review below for more on the SteelBook's look and feel.

Novocaine 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

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Novocaine 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

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Novocaine 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

There's something Hitchcockian about Paramount's UHD SteelBook release of Novocaine. The front panel depicts Caine, near top left, running from a hail of bullets zipping by him. He's against a red background and he's basically running along a black road where the words "Nathan Caine Can't Feel Pain" lead him. The film's title appears in red, bottom, with Jack Quaid's name in white above. Everything runs at a slanted angle. The rear panel shows Caine running with his back to the holder, a gun in hand, and in silhouette. There are a myriad of sharp objects embedded in the red background around him: forks, knives, scissors, and the like. The spine is a light gray color with the film's title in red, center, and a black Paramount logo at the top.

Inside, the digital copy code is tucked underneath the left-hand-side tabs. The two discs, one UHD and one Blu-ray, are situated on the right in staggered-stacked formation. The inner print is a two-panel spread that features a deep and metallic red background. Caine, again in silhouette, is center, surrounded by hands holding various weapons pointed at his head: a gun, brass knuckles, a hammer, a pizza cutter, a cleaver, an arrow, and a fork.

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Novocaine 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

The SteelBook plays to the movie's content, focusing on Caine, lots of deadly instruments and implement, and a bloody red support color. I think fans will like it. The movie inside is solid, as is the A/V presentation. Extras are thin, but gone are the days, it seems, of a deep bench of extra content for many releases. Recommended.