THE PEST
"What kind of freakazoid would let someone hunt him
just to collect $50,000?
Next question."
(1997)
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Genre: Obnoxious Comedy
Cast:
- John Leguizamo as Pestario
- Edoardo Ballerini as Himmel
- Jeffrey Jones as Gustav
- Tammy Townsend as Xantha
- Freddy Rodriguez as Ninja
Plot Synopsis:
Pestario Vargas must come up with $50,000 to pay off his gambling debts to the Scottish mafia. Enter Jeffrey Jones, who's read "The Most Dangerous Game" a few too many times, offering a $50,000 cash scholarship to the hapless Pest.
Favorite Moments:
- Blame it on my lust for John Leguizamo. Blame it on the perverse delight I take in enjoying movies that no one else likes or blame it on the two glasses of wine I swilled beforehand, but I actually got a kick out of this film. It's so obnoxious, it's almost endearing.
- The reteaming of David Bar Katz and John Leguizamo from "House of Buggin'"
- Any scene with Edoardo Ballerini as the gorgeous, gay son Himmel ("In case you haven't noticed, father, I am a sissy.")
- Funky "Executive Decision" reunion with John Leguizamo and Joe Morton (as Xantha's dad). Some strange age factors are afoot, my friend...
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