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Starring: Kevin Spacey
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Type: DVD
Directed By: Iain Softley
Studio: Universal Studios
Release Date: 2002-03-26
Running Time: 120 minutes
An amusing story of a mysterious stranger who defies convention puzzles the experts and leaves everyone guessing right up to the end. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 06/21/2005 Starring: Kevin Spacey Jeff Bridges Run time: 121 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Iain Softley

Intelligent film for Intelligent people
While closely related to the book, there are differences. Spacey's performence although somewhat going over the top and leaving us questioning his sarcastic tone K-Pax still delivers a perfect triangle of Mystery, Acceptance and Love.

The film is long and requires full attention constantly. Most viewers who rate this film bad usually have a short attention span and no imagination. The ending is a mystery leaving it open for you the viewer to decide.

However...


If you want to decide the identity of Prot yourself do not read!










Prot, the curious and mysterious man claiming to be an Alien from a planet called K-Pax in the constilation Lyra is in fact what he says he is. An Extra Terrstrial able to travel across space and occupy the bodies of individuals elseware. Robert Porter the actual man who had been visited by Prot sees and commits an atroicious act that leaves him scarred for life, before jumping into the river he cried out to Prot for guidance. Unable to save Robert in time Prot travels from K-Pax to Earth to implant his conscience into Robert only Robert is no longer there. Having full control of Robert Porter Prot purposely leads himself to being committed to help "one" person as to make up for his trip to Earth in hopes of saving Robert.

Susequently when Prot leaves Robert Porter is left un responsive as this was the damage sustained by his crazed plunge the fateful night of his families murder.


-Cade

Alternate alternate ending for K-Pax - deleted scenes - Prot is GONE
I'm pretty sure that when I saw this in theaters, I saw the "deleted scenes" version where Prot DISAPPEARS at the end - FOR GOOD - body and all! There was NO shot of Prot under the bed and there was no "wheelchair ending" in the movie I saw in theaters. If you watch the deleted scenes, note the surveillance VCR scence and the scene where they are searching the basement of the hospital. That's what I saw in theaters! (This ending is NOT to be confused with the "alternate ending" feature on this DVD.) Did anyone else see the version I describe? Why would they do that? Please click on the "comment" button below.

He calls himself Prot.
This has the essence of the book with the addition of time. The story is not unique and the subplots are not unique. However the execution is superb. Just the right people were picked for each character. The pacing was such that you had time to laugh, cry, and be shocked in the best proportions.

Basically Prot turns up out of nowhere; yet many things can be explained. Then again many things can not be explained. As the people that deal with him vacillate as to his nature, others accept him and are better off for the experience.

This leaves you with the question: "Is he a man, alien... or savior?

Phenomenon DVD ~ John Travolta

K-KRAP
On the one hand, you've got the nuthouse dramas where the mental patient provides deep truths to inmates and staff alike (Don Juan DeMarco; Cuckoo's Nest). On the other hand, you've got the Taoist alien dispensing generic new-age advice (Starman). Trying to mix the two was a BIG mistake. This movie was way too long, way too slow, too self-involved and overall just dull. Kevin Spacey has done some fantastic work (Seven; American Beauty; Usual Suspects) but this is isn't it. Also, someone said the ending was ambiguous. Not true. Prot is Robert Porter.

Is He Or Isn't He... That is the question... Or is it?
We've seen this film a number of times and enjoy it every time. It is filled with humor, misery, suspense, intrigue, science and a little bit of philosophy. K-Pax tries to get the viewer to expand his/her knowledge of the world around him/her by presenting the story of a man who appears one day in an airport and claims to be a visiting alien, named Prot (Kevin Spacey), from another star system on a mission to collect data.

People react intensely in favor or against him which both shocks and amuses him. He is immediately arrested and transferred to a mental institution where he meets Dr. Powell (Jeff Bridges), a married man with three children who is more interested in helping his patients reach a breakthrough than raising his children.

The more time Dr. Powell spends with Prot the more involved he becomes in trying to determine if he is an alien or a man suffering from split personalities. Dr. Powell makes it his mission to find out the truth no matter what the cost. Both men learn something from one another along the way. The viewer is left to make up their own mind to the truth. The end has many possibilities but no hard conclusions but this is ok. It really is.

Jeff Bridges and Kevin Spacey are a good match but Spacey definitely steals the show. One of my favorite things about this film is the constant visual play with light (Prot supposedly traveled to our world via a ray of light); a constant reminder about Prot even when he's not in a scene.

I highly recommend watching this PG-13 film.