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47% Critic Match
The Pest
“What kind of freakazoid would let someone hunt him just to collect $50,000?...Next question.”
4.7 / 10• 1997• 1h 22m•PG-13• English
ActionComedy
Storyline
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?
Cast & Crew
John Leguizamo
Pest
Lead
Jeffrey Jones
Gustav
Edoardo Ballerini
Himmel
Freddy Rodríguez
Ninja
Tammy Townsend
Xantha Kent
Aries Spears
Chubby
Joe Morton
Mr. Kent
Charles Hallahan
Angus
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Paul Miller's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Pest is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
