GUILTY VIEWING PLEASURES
Pest (1997)
Info:
- Release Date: February 7, 1997
- Creators: Paul Miller (director), John Leguizamo (writer)
- Genre: Obnoxious Comedy
- Rating: ★★★☆☆
Plot:
- 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.
Notes:
- 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
- Any scene with Edoardo Ballerini as the gorgeous, gay son Himmel ("In case you haven't noticed, father, I am a sissy.")
- The reteaming of David Bar Katz and John Leguizamo from House of Buggin'
- Funky Executive Decision reunion with John Leguizamo and Joe Morton (as Xantha's dad). Some strange age factors are afoot, my friend...
Cast:
- John Leguizamo as Pestario
- Edoardo Ballerini as Himmel
- Jeffrey Jones as Gustav
- Tammy Townsend as Xantha
- Freddy Rodriguez as Ninja
- Aries Spears as Chubby
- Joe Morton as Mr. Kent
