Men at Work Page #4

Synopsis: Carl and James are two pleasant but unambitious garbage men. Carl has a telescope with which he observes his neighbors. One evening he sees a man giving a female neighbor a hard time. As she leaves he shoots the man with a pellet gun. Hiding, he and James miss two men strangling the man and leaving with the body. When he appears in a can on their route they are afraid and hide the body, fearing that they may be implicated in the death. Trying to crack the case, they spy on the woman, join up with a slightly to majorly crazed Vietnam vet, kidnap a pizza man and help to protect the ecology.
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Director(s): Emilio Estevez
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
 
IMDB:
5.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
29%
PG-13
Year:
1990
98 min
702 Views


Touchdown! The tape! Touchdown!

Genius.

Man, this guy's really heavy.

I gotta start working out.

- You should go to the gym.

- I hate weights.

- You work on your cardiovascular.

- What's that?

- Get on one of those life cycles.

- What's that?

- Stationary bike.

- Yeah? How are they?

They're great. They got... cross-country

skiing machines, things where you row.

Come on, get him in there. I wanna go eat.

Come on, come on, come on.

I got it. Start the car.

Right, Jack, I have the tape.

Jack?

Jack?

Touch that again

and I swear to God, I'll kill you.

What'd I do?

Let's go a little bit faster, see if

you can put me through the windshield.

Where the hell am I?

Time for work. Boy, oh boy!

James, do us both a favor.

Whatever you do,

don't give this observer guy

a hard time today.

I figure if we behave ourselves,

show him that

we're a couple of good guys,

we'll get him out of our hair a lot quicker.

OK.

For all we know...

he could be some crazed combat veteran.

You're driving too fast.

So, Louis, you're Walts brother-in-law.

That's great. Speaks highly of you.

What do you know about anything?

Walts a nice guy.

His sister must be nice too.

I've never met her.

When I feel like talking to you,

I will look at you.

Gotcha.

You writing stuff about us? Sorry. Sorry.

This sucks.

What did you say, son?

The name is James.

Well, James,

if you expect to keep this job,

I suggest you tell me what it was

you were mumbling over there.

James.

I said this sucks.

And, basically, so do you.

You little... I'll show you

not to talk to me like that!

Hey, hey! Goddammit!

This Louis guy's a total nightmare.

He's not playin' around,

let me tell you, James.

Yeah, I feel really bad about that, Carl.

Probably not as bad as I do.

- James, promise me something.

- What?

No matter what you do,

do not provoke this guy.

- Promise.

- I'm serious.

I promise.

- How's that nose?

- It's OK.

I still owe one to the intended receiver.

You know, man,

you're a total pain in the a...

Now, James, Louis is gonna be with us

for the next couple of weeks.

Accept this as fact.

Why don't you guys shake hands

and stop behaving like children?

Put it on the back of your neck.

There are several sacred things in

this world that you don't ever mess with.

One of them happens to be

another man's fries.

Now, you remember that

and you'll live a long and healthy life.

James.

- James.

- What?

You better get over here

and take a look at this.

What is it, Carl?

Just take a look.

- What the hell is this, Carl?

- It's a dead human being, James.

Yeah? What's he doin' on our route?

Oh, looky here. Looks like somebody

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Emilio Estevez

Emilio Estevez (; born May 12, 1962) is an American actor, director, and writer. He started his career as an actor and is well known for being a member of the acting Brat Pack of the 1980s, starring in The Breakfast Club, St. Elmo's Fire, and acting in the 1983 hit movie The Outsiders. He is also known for Repo Man, The Mighty Ducks and its sequels, Stakeout and its sequel, Maximum Overdrive, Bobby (which he also wrote and directed), and his performances in Western films such as Young Guns and its sequel. more…

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