Men at Work
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Actor: Charlie Sheen, Keith DavidBrand: MGM
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 98 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-06-04
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Men at Work
Movie Review: Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez as garbage men? This must be a foreshadowing of things to come
Summary: 5 Stars
Who would have thought the premise for the 1990 smash hit Men at Work might be an actual reality for Charlie and his brother Emilio? It's almost like looking into a crystal ball mapping out what the future holds for the cocaine cowboy and his mighty ducks cohort. We will tell you that these fellows sling trash bags better then anybody else on the market, proving they may have prior work experience to pull of such a performance. However them being garbage men isn't quite the best part. That would be reserved for the fact that Estevez wrote and directed this masterpiece, assuring the world he's much more then just a high school wrestling star punk. From now on you don't talk to her, you don't look at her, you don't even think about her!
So in Men at Work Charlie and Emilio play a couple of rebellious garbage men taking coastal California by storm. We're gonna go in there and take this club by storm, ohhh! Despite collecting trash they have their eyes set on the big prize in opening their own surf shop. Once that comes through they know they be taking every West coast honey to pound town on a regular basis. Unfortunately their plans becomes disrupted when they discover a body on their garbage route. No it wasn't a passed out Uncle Joe Estevez on the front lawn, it's a murdered politician in a side street. Now they've become the prime target for a mob. Luckily they somehow team up with Seagal's partner from Marked for Death and Francis "chainsaw" Grem from Summer School and somehow wing up WINNING. Of course if Charlie's there then all you can do is win.
For us Garbage Men was hilarious in a wonderfully unintentional way. Sure it was packed with horrible lamely written one liners, but the funny part was seeing how cool these two thought they were. They were at the prime of their acting careers and thought this one was going to be it. The type of film where you shake your finger and say "this guy's got it." Unfortunately it may have send them both on the downward spiral forcing Emilio to devote his time to playing a hockey coach like 4 times. The only thing missing here was Emilio getting a second chance to smoke a J and run around like a wild man who just mainlined speed. Uh yeah sorry chief, if anything you'd be listening to brain damage watching a wormhole with your buddy, certainly not screaming and shattering windows.
Summary of Men at Work
Synopsis:Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: PG13
Street Date: 06/04/02
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
LanguageENGLISH
Foreign Film: no
Subtitlesno
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: yes
Re-Release: no
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Proving that a little success can be a dangerous thing, Emilio Estevez parlayed his early-'80s "brat-pack" fame into a dubious directorial career, beginning with 1986's Wisdom (in which Estevez costarred with then-fiancée Demi Moore), and resuming with this sophomore-effort 1990 comedy that benefits most from Emilio's teaming with brother Charlie Sheen. (Close your eyes and listen: their voices sound like their dad Martin Sheen after inhaling helium.) The brothers play a pair of garbage collectors who discover a body on their daily rounds, and the corpse draws them into a scheme involving corrupt politics, illegal hazardous-waste dumping, and a lovely neighbor (Leslie Hope) with connections to the dead guy. Add a wacko Vietnam vet (Keith David), an unsuspecting pizza deliverer (Dean Cameron), and a pair of overzealous cops, and you've got a comedy that lazily rambles from one lightweight scene to another. It's way too loose to have any noteworthy quality, but that's also part of the movie's low-brow appeal: Estevez and Sheen play well together, and this is just their way of goofing off with Hollywood money. With a sharper script and an experienced director, Men at Work could have paid off handsomely. As it is, these sibling antics are amiable enough, and the early-'90s fashion crimes (like Charlie's "dork knob" ponytail) offer an amusing diversion from the lamest gags. --Jeff Shannon