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?
The Pest has generally received positive reviews.
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By Mark Bazer (17) for Boston Phoenix (1,372) on 01 Jan 2000
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The Pest was released in 1997 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 372 reviews, giving The Pest (1997) an average rating of 63%.
Overall, cinema-goers much prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 81%, compared to film critics, who gave it a considerably lower average score of 18%. Amateur reviewers enjoyed The Pest a lot more than professional critics.
With a score of 63%, The Pest is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1997, which stands at 59%.
Other movies from 1997 with similar scores include films like Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, The House of Yes and Trekkies.
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