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Plot: 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...( read more read more... ) 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.

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  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 17, 2008
    Carl Taylor (Charlie Sheen) and James St. James (Emilio Estevez) are garbage men who dream of bigger things. One night, after their usual bickering about what is to come in their lives, they witness, what they believe to be an intruder in an apartment across the road. Carl decides to shoot the intruder with his pellet gun in order to deter him. Eventually shrugging off James? protestations, Carl shoots the intruder and they both duck for cover beneath the window. Unbeknown to them, while they are hiding, two more intruders enter the room, strangle the guy who Carl shot with the pellet gun and make off with the body. Believing all is well, Carl and James return to work the next day only to find the man?s body in a metal container on their garbage route. Carl is worried that he killed the man, while Louis (Keith David), sent on their garbage run to keep them in check, informs him that the man is a leading Mayor candidate so they strangely decide to hang on to the body until they can figure out what to do. The plot is a little convoluted, as it is easy to see that the idea for the film came from a simple set-up of which comedy could ensue, and then the fleshing out of the story has left a bit too much going on. Estevez who writes, directs and stars in this movie shows his directorial immaturity as he breezes through the plot leaving a few holes here and there, while his script doesn?t maintain the supporting characters with any depth, as they become clichéd caricatures. The film was obscure at the beginning and it ends in the same vain. It is almost as if Estevez knew exactly what he was doing in the middle of the film, yet he was asleep during the making of the start and the end.
  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    April 19, 2008
    I cant believe I skipped school to watch this piece of garbage... oh yeah... it's a movie about garbage men... figures...
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    MCT:
    February 12, 2008
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  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    December 28, 2007
    This movie is so fun, I wish Emilio and Charlie would have done more movies together, it always seems more fun when they are together.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    October 2, 2007
    THE BROTHERS TOGETHER IN ONE OF THE FUNNIEST MOVIES I HAVE SEEN. IT MAY HAVE HAD ITS STUPID PARTS BUT IT AT LEAST MADE YOU LAUGH.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    September 24, 2007
    an amusing little flick that is only good really cos of the sheen brothers.they work well of each other and do produce some funny moments.its very cheesey and predictable..the plot is sooo daft,almost like a cartoon lol but there are'nt many flicks out there about trashmen right? the beginning is the better half of the movie...the sheen boys fighting against the other rival pair of trashmen is the funniest.
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    September 22, 2007
    Notable for being 'another' movie featuring the line, "It's a shame when folks be throwing away a perfectly good white boy like that."
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 23, 2007
    This is a typical 80's movie. Kind of predictable. I liked it though. I saw it a LONG time ago when I was a kid. It was good seeing Emilio and Charlie together. Emilio directed this one and I think wrote it! Its a good movie. Just kinda bad humor. AND VERY PREDICTABLE. I did laugh at some parts.
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    July 9, 2007
    this movie is so bad it's goodThis movie really gets funny once keith david's character takes over.I
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    June 16, 2007
    Haven't seen this one in ages, but I did have a copy of it on VHS that I recorded off the movie channel, so I must've liked it.
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    June 15, 2007
    a really under appreciated comedy, the two real life brothers play best friend garbage men involved in a political assassination/environmental dumping scandal that results in all sorts of craziness, its really pretty fun considering that neither is known for comedic acting
  • 2.0 Stars
    MCT:
    June 11, 2007
    this movie is so bad it's goodThis movie really gets funny once keith david's character takes over.I love the whole I hate security guards and cops bit!
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 23, 2007
    It may have been panned, but I loved this movie. Not side-splittingly funny, but full of great scenes and quotes.
  • 2.5 Stars
    MCT:
    May 6, 2007
    I remeber thinking this was hysterically funny when I was a kid. Even though now I should know better, it holds a special place in my heart.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    May 5, 2007
    Charlie sheen and the mighty ducks man emilio play garbage men who find a dead body in a garbage can and get involved in a crazy adventure. I was only going to watch it for a bit but it was really funny so i ended up watching the whole thing.
  • 4.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 25, 2007
    This movie is hardly known but it is an absolute comedy classic. Sheen and Estevez team up as a pair of binmen with bigger dreams. The movie has a 'token' black boss (are all bosses in america black? especially police chiefs). A black man accompanies them, with one of the best comedy performances i've ever seen. "There are several sacred things in this world that you don't ever mess with. One of them happens to be another mans' fries. Now you remember that, and you'll live a long and healthy life."
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 11, 2007
    These are the kinds of movies they need to play on TV--instead of the same ones over and over again...
  • 5.0 Stars
    MCT:
    April 9, 2007
    Brothers Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez prove they can be funny in this silly comedy, with Keith David providing the best lines of the movie
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    March 7, 2007
    "Oh,somebody done thrown away a perfectly good white boy." 2 brothers who dream of owning a surf shop, while picking up trash for a living. Classic Flick.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    March 7, 2007
    funny movie, its best in the early part, charlie and emilio are funny and they are real life brothers, their dad is martin sheen
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    February 25, 2007
    Quite self knowing, the film works because it doesn't even begin to take itself seriously. The stroyline is in no way complicated and the partnership between the two leads is cheesey but effective.
  • 3.0 Stars
    MCT:
    January 29, 2007
    IT WAS REALL GOOD TO SEE THE BROTHERS, CHARLIE SHEEN AND EMILIO ESTEVEZ IN THE SAME MOVIE TOGETHER Emilio Estevez
  • 3.5 Stars
    MCT:
    January 26, 2007
    Old fun movie with Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez. The both work as garbage men and one day they find a dead man in the garbage. Now they must a find a solution to this and its getting more and more problem all the time. Funny comedy and worth seeing.

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  • solveigbookworm
    personally, i believe it is a fantastic movie. i laughed so hard my abs were sore for the next week. but i do believe you have to have a very unique and bizare sense of humor... but i would sugjest seeing it if you get the chance.
    posted 277 days ago

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  • Rated: (PG-13)
  • Directed by: Emilio Estevez
  • Genres: Comedy
  • Released: August 24, 1990
  • DVD Released: June 4, 2002

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