The Pest - chasing the chameleon

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Movie
German title The Pest - chasing the chameleon
Original title The plague
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1997
length 82 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Paul Miller
script David Bar Katz, John Leguizamo
production Robert Papazian, Bill Sheinberg, Jonathan Sheinberg, Sid Sheinberg, David Bar Katz, John Leguizamo
music Kevin Kiner
camera Roy H. Wagner
cut Ross Albert, David Rawlins
occupation

The Pest - Hunt for the Chameleon (Original title: The Pest ; in German as much as "The Nervensäge") is an American comedy film from 1997 . The main role was played by John Leguizamo .

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The Puerto Rican Pestario Vargas, known by everyone as Pest, is a con man and quick-change artist who lives in Miami . At street parties, for example, he poses as a blind shell player . He also works for a Chinese delivery service. For some reason plague has 50,000 US dollars debt to the Scots Mafia, which therefore is after him.

Due to a mix-up, he ended up with the rich German Gustav Shanks. This offers him a kind of scholarship . Before that, however, he has to pass a few physical tests. Finally, he is invited by Shanks to "deer goose hunt" on his private island off Miami .

When he arrives at the country house there, Shanks' son Himmel transports him through a trap door into the room below. There Pest has to realize that it is not "deer geese" that should be hunted. Shanks, a National Socialist character, has made it his hobby to hunt people of all races and nationalities since he has already killed every animal on earth. Pest as a Latino is still missing from the collection, even if he was not the chosen candidate at first. Pest tries to talk his way out of it, but Shanks promises him $ 50,000 if he survives 24 hours.

After Pest agrees, the hunt begins in the island's forests. When Himmel accidentally shoots a rocket at Pest, Shanks thinks he is dead. A little later Pest appears at the country house and persuades Himmel to come with him with ambiguous offers. On the way, Pest jumps off the now broken boat and swims back to Miami.

The hunt now continues in the evening Miami. Pest receives support from his friends Chubby and Ninja. The Scottish mafia is now increasingly after him because they want their money back. On this evening of all times, Pest had to introduce himself to his girlfriend Xantha's parents. Due to a tracking device, Shanks finds him and incapacitates everyone but him, as Shanks runs out of ammo on the tranquilizer rifle. Pest uses this to escape. It continues through the nightlife of Miami , where they meet Heaven in a club that has since broken away from his father. Ninja is left on the way as a deposit with the Scottish mafia.

Shanks has since kidnapped Xantha and her family and asks Pest to come to him. Together with Chubby, Pest makes his way to the meeting point, a ship belonging to the Navy. When Pest confronts Shanks, he reveals to him that the cocktail Pest drank before the hunt was poisoned. Pest collapses with the demonstration of a dance "which you couldn't if you were poisoned". Shanks foregoing Pest's head for his trophy collection because he's quite annoyed by Pest.

The next day, Shanks wants to empty his safe deposit box, but finds out that it has already been emptied. At that moment he received a call from Pest, who told him that he had "puked" the poison on the return trip by boat because of seasickness . Shanks is taken away by the police . Outside the bank, he discovers Pest, who pretends to be the German ambassador. The money triggers Ninja and Pest takes off with him, Chubby, Xantha and Himmel.

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  • As a thematic presentation of the film served the short story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell (1893-1949) from 1924 or based on this film, the action-packed horror classic Count Zaroff - genius of evil ( The Most Dangerous Game ) from 1932 .
  • The Pest was a commercial flop as it only grossed $ 4 million. However, the film had a budget of $ 17 million.
  • Despite mostly very bad reviews, the film has a certain cult status today and is an insider tip.
  • The DVD , released in 2001, is very difficult to get in Germany .

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