Movie Details
- Status: Released
- Movie Tagline: What kind of freakazoid would let someone hunt him just for $50.000… Next question.
- Genres: Action, Comedy
- Release Date: 1997-02-07
- Runtime: 82.0 min
- Budget: $17.0 million
- Revenue: Not Available
- Production Companies: TriStar Pictures, The Bubble Factory
Cast & Crew
John Leguizamo, Jeffrey Jones, Edoardo Ballerini, Freddy Rodríguez, Tammy Townsend, Aries Spears, Joe Morton, Charles Hallahan, Pat Skipper, Les Lannom, Tom McCleister, Ivonne Coll, Judyann Elder, Yau, Gene Chan, Yelba Osorio, David Bar Katz, Will Potter, Jim Lau, Barry Mizerski, Kristian de la Osa, John Wilkie
Synopsis – What to Expect from “The Pest”
The Pest is a 1997 comedy film starring John Leguizamo as Pestario “Pest” Vargas, a con artist and hustler from Miami who is on the run from a loan shark. He is hired by a shady businessman to be the “pest” at a party, but soon finds himself in the middle of a kidnapping plot.
The film begins with Pest, a street-smart hustler from Miami, trying to scam some money from a loan shark. When the loan shark catches him in the act, Pest is forced to flee, and he ends up in Miami Beach. There, he meets a shady businessman who has a proposition for him. He wants Pest to be the “pest” at a party he’s throwing, and in return, he’ll pay Pest a hefty sum of money.
Pest reluctantly agrees and goes to the party, where he finds himself in the middle of a kidnapping plot. It turns out that the businessman is actually a mobster, and he’s using the party as a cover to kidnap a wealthy industrialist’s daughter. Pest finds himself in the middle of the action, and he must use all of his street smarts and hustling skills to save the day.
The Pest is an action-packed comedy that follows Pest as he attempts to outsmart the mobsters and save the day. Along the way, he meets a variety of colorful characters and
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