The film’s main character, Nathan Caine, is a bank manager who suffers from congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (Cipa) and has therefore lived a sheltered and lonely life.
That is until he goes on a date with new teller Sherry and she introduces him to new amorous feelings and forces him to eat solids for the first time in years with a mouthful of cherry pie.
Caine had been on a liquid diet his whole life as his parents were afraid his pain insensitivity would lead him to choke to death.
When the bank robbery goes down and the criminals also steal the girl, hilarity ensues in the form of gross-out, slapstick injuries to a man that feels no pain.
Cue booby traps, third-degree burns and an arrow shot into his leg.
The movie is a feast of nepotism with the lead being played by Jack Quaid, son of A-list actor Dennis Quaid.
Jack is handsome, likeable and has fantastic comic timing.
The villain is played by Ray Nicholson, the son of Hollywood legend Jack Nicholson.
Ray knows his father’s shoes are impossible to fill but the younger actor shares the piercing, manic eyes of his father, which lend weight to his comic book bad guy character.
The movie is reminiscent of ’90s blockbusters like Speed and the old-movie trope of tying the damsel to the train tracks.
Light-hearted, fun with lots of laughs along the way.
