Begin with a dash of WEEKEND AT BERNIE'S; add one scoop of REAR WINDOW, two dumb cops who couldn't have made the grade in POLICE ACADEMY, and a jigger of third-rate Laurel & Hardy; shake well and what you have is MEN AT WORK, an action comedy of sorts from writer-director-costar Emilio
Estevez. The plot concerns two fun-loving garbagemen, longtime friends whose major ambition is to earn enough money collecting trash to open a store that caters to surfers. Clowning their way through their daily grind, Carl Taylor (Charlie Sheen, Estevez's real-life brother) and James St. James
(Estevez) get their kicks by harassing a pair of bicycle-riding beach-front policemen who ...
Released:
1990
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
98 mins