The Pest
1997 · Movie · 1h 22m · PG-13
ActionComedy
"What kind of freakazoid would let someone hunt him just to collect $50,000?...Next question."
Overview
Fast-talking Latino con artist Pestario "Pest" Vargas is the target of Scottish mobsters to whom he owes a considerable debt. Willing to do anything to raise money and avoid severe injury or death, Vargas agrees to a very unusual job -- he will be transported to a remote island and hunted by Gustav Shank, a racist German executive. If he can survive a full day and night, Vargas gets $50,000 and will be set free. Is he wily enough to elude Shank?
Ratings
IMDb
4.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes
4%
Key crew
- Paul MillerDirector
- David Bar KatzScreenplay
- Kevin KinerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- John LeguizamoPest
- Jeffrey JonesGustav
- Edoardo BalleriniHimmel
- Freddy RodríguezNinja
- Tammy TownsendXantha Kent
- Aries SpearsChubby
- Joe MortonMr. Kent
- Charles HallahanAngus
- Tom McCleisterLeo
- Ivonne CollGladyz
- Pat SkipperGlen Livitt
- Jorge Luis AbreuPiercer
Stills
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Themes
islandneo-nazismscamhispanic