Novocaine is nothing if not a continuation of a theme, both for Quaid and for the John Wick-ification of action films. Like Wick, Nathan Caine (Quaid) is an unassuming, socially awkward shut-in who possesses a unique set of dormant skills,

When the revolutionary leader/psychic baby mutant Kuato said “Quaid, start the reactor” in Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 sci-fi classic “Total Recall,” I know for a fact that he wasn’t referring to actor Jack Quaid,