Perfect cast and a good story

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Sheen and Estevez are a hoot together, their fraternal chemistry is there for all to see in the 90's comedy romp. It's quite hard to make a comedy about bin-men but hey, this is it! It's childish, stupid, silly and dated (clearly outdated homophobia) but some great physical humour. Keith David, the scary guy, brings the crazy up a notch and makes for some even weirder situations because of the Vietnam PTSD and his clear psychological issues. It's not a film for great intellect but it's got some superb one liners and is highly quotable and you will enjoy it. There are great laughs and it's a fun popcorn evening movie which will give you a flashback to all the silly films from back in the day. Sheen at his best. Not the best cinema but enjoy.

Multi talented Estevez, has delivered once more. He has delivered a nice, little and entertainingly funny comedy, where more so it's drama and action. Moving across into comedy, Emilio a dab hand here, has proved he's capable of amusing material, from which, another winner in his box. Him and his bro, Charlie, play friends, not brothers from what I remember, or may'be they were brothers, who are garbage men, with no real respect for their work, which is understanding. They haven't made their selves popular with these two uniformed cops, who have a hard on for making their lives hell. Too, the brothers are clashing with two other, rival work colleagues. Now more misfortune has come their way when a dead body shows up in their dumpster, a former wife beater, who Charlie hit with his pellet gun, the night before. Are they being framed or what? They decide to find the perpetrator. Bad timing too, as a work adviser and fries eater (Keith David) has just come on board, riding with the two, as reports have come back about their tardy work ethics. First clashing, cause of Emilio's backtalk, he teams up with his colleagues to try and clear them. Oh yes, a much deserving and naked revenge awaits those cops, you must see. There's a little romance too. With this comedy, Emilio in the writing department, has brought a rewarding and entertaining pic to the viewer, especially for fans of talented two.

Men at Work (1990) *** (out of 4) Emilio Estevez wrote and directed this comedy, which also has him playing the lead along with his brother Charlie Sheen. In the film the two play garbage men who dream of setting up their own surf shop but when they find the body of a man running for Mayor they get involved in a political cover up. If you're looking for some sort of high art or masterpiece of cinema then you're certainly looking in the wrong place. If you just want some cheap, juvenile fun then MEN AT WORK is just for you. I remember being 10-years-old when I first watched this movie and I found it hilarious then and it continues to be a very funny, if incredibly stupid little film. I think what the film has going it its favor is the terrific cast who really dig into their roles. Both Estevez and Sheen have no problem playing together as they have a certain chemistry that could only come from real brothers. It's funny seeing the two work together because you can tell that they know how to bounce off one another and it's clear they know which buttons to push. The screenplay leaves a lot to be desired and you can't help but feel that the two actors make a mediocre story and at least put some energy to it. Another major plus is the supporting performance of David Keith who plays a crazy Vietnam vet who tags along with the two men the day the body is discovered. Keith is hilarious in his scenes and it really pre-dates the type of character he would eventually play in THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY. Just check out the sequence where he has a flashback to his Vietnam days and takes it out on a pizza man. Even Leslie Hope as the love interest comes off well. The biggest thing working against the film is its screenplay because it's just a tad bit too silly for its own good. We get the typical, low-rent type of comedy including the garbage men going up against a couple jerk cops, doing battle with some co-workers and of course there's the hit men that are idiots. MEN AT WORK is certainly far from a classic but it contains some of that 80s comedy that was slowly making its way out of movies by 1990.

Two garbage men, a psychopath, a pizza man, and a dead man make up Men at Work. This is a laidback movie that was what the 1990s were all about. Movies that weren't trying to live up to something their not , they were just movies made to give audiences enjoyment. These movies don't care about a star rating or a percentage score on what would soon to be known as Rotten Tomatoes. These films are now Saturday Night flicks with big actors who weren't big at the time.Sheen and Estevez play Carl and James, two garbagemen who slack off similar to the way Dante and Randal do in the movie Clerks. Since their screwing around bothers residents, they are assisted by at psychopathic Vietnam War Veteran Louis Fedders (Keith David). One night they see a neighbor girl being bullied by her boyfriend, which causes Carl to react and shoot him with a pellet sniper. The next morning the three discover the body of the guy who they shot in a garbage can, and turns out he is a politician. Noticing strangulation marks on the man's neck they suspect its was the neighbor girl and it becomes a stakeout at the boys apartment when one goes undercover to the neighbor girl's house to get her to confess.It's a stupid funny buddy film and overall it plays out pretty well for itself. We do see an appearance from Dean Cameron as the pizza man so the film doesn't fail in the surprise star field. The movie sometimes falls flat with gay jokes often made by the Vietnam Vet. The first time they were funny, but then it just becomes a little grueling to keep watching the same stupid thing.The music in the film is something great too. It seems I've been getting good music in a lot of movies lately. But Im a Cheerleader and The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters both have impressed me with their musical scores and its nice this one didn't fail either. The Sheen/Estevez duo should have done more Comedy films. They did this and Sheen made a cameo in National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon which Estevez was the lead in. It doesn't seem like they will work again since Sheen has been in numerous amounts of trouble and Estevez's last film was Arthur and the Invisibles in 2006. His newly directed film, The Public is rumoured for a release this year, but has been delayed a lot too. So who knows if they'll ever work again in a movie, though this one deserves a nice "golf clap".Starring: Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Leslie Hope, Keith David, Dean Cameron, and John Getz. Directed by: Emilio Estevez.