M3620 MEN AT WORK (USA, 1990)
Credits: director/writer, Emilio Estevez. Cast: Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Leslie Hope, Keith David. Summary: Comedy film set in contemporary California. With little respect for their superiors, and even less for the law, garbage collectors Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez have made trouble a way of life. Practical jokers with a gift for the truly twisted gag, the two pranksters glide through work with one eye on the ladies and the other on the surf shop they dream of owning. Their fun-loving life is turned upside down when they discover the corpse of a local politician and realize that they will be prime suspects in his murder. The pair plots with their supervisor (David), a wigged-out Black Vietnam vet, to get rid of the body, but are pursued by the real killers (hired by a hazardous waste disposal firm which has been dumping illegally) who are seeking an incriminating tape recording made by the victim.
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