The Pest

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

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?

1h 22m1997PG-13TMDb 4.7

English

Crew and Cast

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?

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Info

Status: Released
Released: 7 February 1997
Runtime: 1h 22m
Rating: PG-13
TMDB score: 4.7 / 10 (167 votes)

Production

Director: Paul Miller
Writers: John Leguizamo, David Bar Katz
Studios: The Bubble Factory, TriStar Pictures
Countries: United States of America

Box Office

Budget: $17.0M
Revenue: $3.6M
Profit: $13.4M loss
Return: 0.2×

Languages

Original: English
Spoken: English