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Men At Work (Amazon.com Exclusive) [VHS]

Charlie Sheen (Actor), Emilio Estevez (Actor, Director, Writer) Rated:
PG-13
Format: VHS Tape
4.2 out of 5 stars 117 customer reviews
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Product Details

  • Actors: Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Leslie Hope, Keith David, Dean Cameron
  • Directors: Emilio Estevez
  • Writers: Emilio Estevez
  • Producers: Barbara Stordahl, Cassian Elwes, Frances Fleming, Irwin Yablans, Moshe Diamant
  • Format: NTSC
  • Rated:
    PG-13
    Parents Strongly Cautioned
  • Studio: MGM/UA Video
  • Run Time: 98 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (117 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000059ZXG
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #845,445 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Two garbage men's lives are turned upside down when they discover the city commissioner's body in a trash bin on their route. Over the next 24 hours , they frantically try to keep the body hidden, elude underworld goons and find the real killer.

Amazon.com

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

Customer Reviews

Top Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 starsAlmost flawless & still a classic.
By Claire on July 8, 2013
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Being a huge Emilio Estevez fan, I have collected almost all of his movies from the 80's and early 90's with a few exceptions ("The Mighty Ducks" I just couldn't bring myself to watch, much less own.) "Men At Work" is to me a timeless classic. I thought the script was hilarious containing many great quotable one-liners and terrific comedic performances. The brothers Estevez/Sheen play off each other well and it just occurred to me that it would probably be interesting if they starred together in a buddy cop movie but I'm getting ahead of myself here.

This movie is terrific until the end where it seems like Emilio ran out of time or money because it just seems to end without resolution to some of the story lines. This movie is admittedly silly but that doesn't matter because it makes me laugh which is about the only requirement I have anymore for movies. The script was funny and the characters were as well. So what if the story line itself was like cardboard. Aside from Charlie and Emilio, I thought the hitmen as well as the garbage men nemeses and even the bicycle cops nemeses were all funny. I always enjoy Keith David who is a flawless character actor and John Getz is always amazing whether he is playing a good guy or bad guy.

This movie stands the test of time meaning it is still funny to me after all these years unlike some other movies that I thought I would love forever such as "The Breakfast Club" which now is a bit boring when I go back and try to watch it. I always thought "Men At Work" was great until the end when it turned into a kind of screwball farce. And what happened to James and Carl after they nailed the bad guy? Did they ever get enough money to fund their dream surf shop? Oh well...

As far as this dvd, I was rather distraught over the price- $25!!!Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsGreat movie!
By Beany on August 24, 2012
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I received the movie today. It was wrapped up like you would find it in the store (outer plastic and then the tape thingy at the top), but once I opened it I saw how the DVD looked off (blank...no picture on it). Now, I can't remember, but I'm pretty sure DVD's weren't made like that unless they were "bootlegged" in some sort of way....but I could be wrong and I very well may be. The paper in the case (outside) seems authentic and all, but the case is REALLY cheap and flimsy. I can play it in my DVD player on my laptop (so I did not get a Region 2 like some reviewers were complaining about).....So all in all...I'm happy that I have FINALLY found this movie and that it works! Just wish that the case was thicker.
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3.0 out of 5 starsKeith David steals the show in milldly entertaining film.
By Lawrence W. Crider on August 27, 2014
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I had seen this video years ago and remembered it as better than it was. I purchased it again for an elevated price because it has apparently become something of a cult classic. I was quite disappointed, but then maybe that was because I had such high expectations. The movie does have a few high points, and the performance of Keith David, as the crazed Vietnam vet, to my thinking, exceeds that of the better known Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez. Entertaining, but not a classic!
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat old movie on dvd through Amazon
By james on July 10, 2015
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Old movie thats very humerous, and Viet Nam Vets will get a kick out or not. If your'e a combat vet you might be able to relate to the humor now, i was USMC Recon Combat Vet, i'm alright now Dave. Great old movie on dvd through Amazon. You Should love it if you can reflect back to how you were when you got back, Not recomended if you try to put that behind you, all others go for it.
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4.0 out of 5 starsMen At Work...A Comedy that Works!
By A Customer on May 7, 2002
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MEN AT WORK is a comedy that doesn't try to be over the top, but it is funny on the grounds of the engaging chemistry of the two stars Emilio Estevez (also the director) and Charlie Sheen. They are two garbage men, who find a dead body during one of their pick-ups. They realize it is the guy they had shot with a pellet rifle whom they observed abusing his girfriend (Leslie Hope) who lives in the apartment across the street form their own apartment. Knowing that their pellet gun could not be the cause of the dead man's demise, they suspect the girl and do their own investigation. Then, they get caught in a web of an evil politician (John Getz) and his illegal waste operation. Add a couple of bargain basement hit-men, a distrurbed Vietnam vet (Keith David), a couple of rival garbage men, two trigger happy cops, a pizza deliverer (Dean Cameron), a few rent-a-cops, and dozen or so waste handler's, and you have a film that is fun to watch. A comedy with plausibility and a plot that's not too complicated. Overall,a small and forgotten gem that, with repeated viewing, grows on you.
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5.0 out of 5 starsMEN AT WORK DVD
By Teddy Towe on May 17, 2015
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This movie is totally awesome!!!very halarious,glad to have it back in my personal collection again!! Though it does have some cuss words in it.I would recommend to get the cut version...Thank You...
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5.0 out of 5 starsA classic funny movie that I never get tired of
By Malcolm F.Anderson on May 3, 2016
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A classic funny movie that I never get tired of.... Can almost recite the movie line by line. Worth getting.
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4.0 out of 5 starsFunny first 45 minutes.
By Britt on June 1, 2012
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The real life brothers do a great job for the first 45 minutes of this movie. Keith David steals the show as the crazed Vietnam Vet who has to supervise these two troublemakers. But predictably, a movie has to have a love story angle and that's where this puppy loses steam. After that, it just becomes serviceable. (Wait, isn't that the formula for most of the Judd Apatow movies? Hmmm).
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