One problem is the button to close the back gate is located on the bottom of the tailgate. Cargo space is otherwise pretty limited if 3rd row seat is in use. Folded flat, it offers a ton of easily accessible rear storage space. It’s undersized and tricky to access but that’s not an issue for us. I wouldn’t depend on the 3rd row for daily use. This limits storage space between the seats (was a perfect spot for a cooler in my minivan) and limits accessibility to the third row. The rear captain’s chairs are nice but Toyota put drink holders in between the seats instead of incorporating them into the rear of the driver’s console. I have the 2nd row bench seat which offers maximum seating space. Very roomy and comfortable for four adults or families with 2 or 3 kids. My 2022 XLE with XP package is absolutely gorgeous with 20 inch gloss black rims, performance tires, blacked-out emblems, and running boards (perfect for kids, older folks and the otherwise vertically challenged). ![]() My minivan was totaled and I needed something ASAP. (All dealers are doing this, not just Toyota). I paid $3500 OVER sticker thanks to an added "up-charge" due to supply and demand issues. Why that period? There’s no obvious answer, but it’s fun.I bought at the worst possible time in early 2022. Kosinski and his music supervisors also have fun with late-’70s/early-’80s pop culture, stuffing the soundtrack with radio hits and decorating the set with video games of the time (“ Joust,” anyone?). “Spiderhead” is not a case of form over substance - or substance abuse - despite the ill fit of the thriller detour. Despite a résumé heavy on CGI, commercials and action spectacles, Kosinski’s greatest successes in “Spiderhead” are the memorable moments among his actors, as in “ Maverick” (apart from the aerial action). It harks back to other small-scale, COVID-era sci-fi such as Apple’s “ Swan Song” with Mahershala Ali. There can be clear lines from that trauma of childhood neglect to an attempt at empathy that manifests as cruelty.Īesthetically, “Spiderhead” is sleek and attractive. Steve’s increasingly hollow words contain echoes of certain powerful men whose insufficient relationships with their fathers fostered insatiable needs for success and adulation. “Deadpool” writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick do bring an intriguing thread of the damage done by the lack of parental love to their adaptation. And Hemsworth has proven how game he is with his humorous reinvention of the MCU’s Thor (more to come, with “ Thor: Love and Thunder” due in a few weeks), but a certain spark, or perhaps groundedness, is lacking here. The character clearly thinks his narcissistic enthusiasm passes for charm. ![]() ![]() Hemsworth, who co-produced, skirts excess as the scientist his performance sometimes feels right and sometimes pushed. In Hollywood parlance,, there is a clear third act to this film, and it shifts gears from the low-key human story to action-oriented scenes that provide trailer fodder. Unfortunately, the thriller-ness of “Spiderhead” feels tacked on. The film doesn’t explore the possibility that such superdrugs could be the next step in antidepressants, or any angles that might complicate the simple goals of a one-hour, 47-minute pseudo-thriller. There’s also a hint of the Stanford Prison Experiment.īut what lingers with the viewer is the philosophical question of how much control over your emotions, or freedom to experience them, you would be willing to surrender in the right circumstance.Īs expected from vaguely dystopian sci-fi, the dangers of the science - particularly because the hands wielding it are not one’s own - take center stage over any potential benefits. “Better living through chemistry?” they ponder. The DNA of director Joseph Kosinski’s film includes strains of “ Brave New World” and other meditations on the intersection of humanity and technology: the kind of fiction that questions how what we feel and what makes us human could be hijacked, enhanced or diminished by science. ![]() Because moviegoing carries risks during this time, we remind readers to follow health and safety guidelines as outlined by the CDC and local health officials. The Times is committed to reviewing theatrical film releases during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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