Post by StevePulaski on Jun 23, 2010 10:53:40 GMT -5
Estevez and Sheen try to cope with frustration and stress as things get out of hand in Met at Work.
Rating: 3/4 stars.
Two garbage men, a pyschopath, 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 dont 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 similair to the way Dante and Randal do in the movie Clerks. Since their screwing around bothers residents, they are assisted by at pyschopathic 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 doesnt fail in the suprise 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 Ive 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 didnt 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 doesnt seem like they will work again since Sheen has been in numerous amounts of toruble 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 theyll 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.