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The Pest
“What kind of freakazoid would let someone hunt him just to collect $50,000?...Next question.”
47%
Movie
1h 22m
AI Analysis
The Pest (1997) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Pest (1997) — a movie tagged as Action and Comedy with funny moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: 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 G… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and casual background watching. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~82 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Pest 47% (161 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
47%
from 161 TMDb votes
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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?
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1997-02-07
- Runtime
- 1h 22m
- TMDB rating
- 4.7
- TMDB ID
- 17949
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What is The Pest about?
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,... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Pest?
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How long is the movie The Pest?
The official runtime for The Pest is approximately 82 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
John Leguizamo
Pest
Jeffrey Jones
Gustav
Edoardo Ballerini
Himmel
Freddy Rodríguez
Ninja
Tammy Townsend
Xantha Kent
Aries Spears
Chubby
Joe Morton
Mr. Kent
Charles Hallahan
Angus
Tom McCleister
Leo
Ivonne Coll
Gladyz
Pat Skipper
Glen Livitt
Jorge Luis Abreu
Piercer
- J
Jennifer Broughton
Bank Employee
- Y
Yau-Gene Chan
Cook
Judyann Elder
Mrs. Kent
- P
Paul Harris
Karaoke Singer
- J
Joe Jokubeit
Laphroig
- D
David Bar Katz
White Guy
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