Men at Work

Men at Work is a 1990 American action comedy thriller film written and directed by Emilio Estevez, who also starred in the lead role. The film co-stars Charlie Sheen, Leslie Hope and Keith David. The film was released in the United States on August 24, 1990. Plot Garbage collectors Carl Taylor and James St. James are infamous mischief makers in their local community, using the garbage as play things and disturbing the peace. Local bike cop Mike harasses them frequently, but they are used to his antics and ignore him. However, they are placed on probation for their unprofessional attitude and are assigned an observer: their supervisor's brother-in-law, Louis. After work, the pair spy on Susan Wilkins, a woman living across the street, and watch as she is fighting with a man. She leaves the room and Carl, as a form of payback, shoots the man with a pellet gun. As James and Carl hide and laugh, two men enter Susan's apartment, garrote the man and drag him away. After stuffing his body into a barrel, they put the barrel in their car, but it falls out and is found the next day by Carl, James and Louis on their garbage route. Carl and James panic when they realize that not only is the dead man the same person Carl shot in Susan's apartment, but that he is also Jack Berger, a city councilman running for mayor. Louis, a Vietnam War vet suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, calms the two down by noting that Jack died of strangulation. Louis, demanding that the cops not get involved, takes control of the situation by having them stash the body at Carl's place. When Carl sees Susan come home, he decides to meet her and goes over to her apartment building. The meeting goes well and they decide to go for a night drive. Meanwhile, Louis kidnaps a pizza delivery man who sees James with the body. James tries to call the police, but Louis unplugs the phone and drags James, the pizza guy, and the body into a car to follow Carl and Susan.