The Pest

"What kind of freakazoid would let someone hunt him just to collect $50,000?...Next question."

Feb 7 1997 PG-13 1h 24m
Comedy

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?

Plot

A Miami con man agrees to be the human target for a Neo-Nazi manhunter in order to collect $50,000 if he survives.

Written by

David Bar Katz, John Leguizamo

Directed by

Paul Miller

Cast

John Leguizamo, Jeffrey Jones, Edoardo Ballerini

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

The Bubble Factory, TriStar Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

1 nomination total

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# of Votes
9,779
Average Rating
4.8 out of 10
Metascore
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