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- Pestario "Pest" Vargas (Leguizamo) is a fast-talking, silver-tongued professional con artist living in the heat of Miami, FL. At least, to the people that fall for his scams. In reality, he's a clumsy, loud-mouthed teenager who makes a living off of the local stupidity.
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Puerto Rican con artist Pestario “Pest” Vargas owes $50,000 to the Scottish mob, led by Angus, who is eager to exact revenge against Pest so that the Scottish mob will finally be feared. Pest, along with his friends Ninja and Chubby, perform a scam at a festival.
Fast-talking Latino con artist Pestario "Pest" Vargas (John Leguizamo) is the target of Scottish mobsters to whom he owes a considerable debt.
- (25)
- Paul Miller
- PG-13
- John Leguizamo
Feb 7, 1997 · Overview. 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.
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.
- (6K)
- The Bubble Factory, Tristar Pictures
- Paul Miller
Pest is more than Pestario Vargas' nickname; it's what he is. At the movie's start, as his family waits impatiently outside the bathroom door, Pest is rapping in the shower, imitating characters ranging from Ricky Ricardo to Jerry Lewis' Nutty Professor.
- (9.3K)
- Comedy
- Paul Miller
- 1997-02-07
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.
Pestario "Pest" Vargas (Leguizamo) is a fast-talking, silver-tongued professional con artist living in the heat of Miami, FL. At least, to the people that fall for his scams. In reality, he's a clumsy, loud-mouthed teenager who makes a living off of the local stupidity.
