The Pest

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The Pest ★ 1996 (PG-13)

Movie certainly lives up to its title. A hyperkinetic Leguizamo stars as Pestario (Pest) Vargas, a small-time Miami con man, who owes 50 large to the mob. Eccentric German businessman Gustav Shank (Jones) offers the money to Pest—the catch being that Pest will become the human prey for Gustav's private island hunting party. You'll be rooting for the hunter. 85m/C VHS, DVD . John Leguizamo, Jeffrey Jones, Edoardo Ballerini, Freddy Rodriguez, Joe Morton, Charles Hallahan, Tammy Townsend, Aries Spears; D: Paul Miller; W: David Bar Katz; C: Roy Wagner; M: Kevin Kiner.