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📊 Film Specifications

Director Paul Miller

Writer Richard Connell (Short Story), David Bar Katz (Story), John Leguizamo (Story)

Release Date February 7, 1997

Runtime 82 min (1h 22m)

Country United States of America

Language EN

Budget $17,000,000

Box Office $3,600,000

Studios The Bubble Factory • TriStar Pictures

The Pest (1997)

Name: The Pest
Genre: Action, Comedy
Released: 1997-02-07
Rating: 2.4

Directed by Paul Miller

• Written by Richard Connell , David Bar Katz , John Leguizamo

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

⭐ 2.4 / 5 (167 votes) ⏱️ 82 min 🎬 Action, Comedy

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'Rating Consensus & Critics'

Live Multi-Source

– / 5

MATCHCUT Members

– / 10

IMDb Audience

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TOMATOMETER Critics

– / 100

METASCORE Top Critics

4.7 / 10

TMDB (167)

Ratings Breakdown:

167 TMDB votes

0.5 Stars 'Community distribution populates with member logs' 5.0 Stars

Synopsis

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?