Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
Two garbage men find the body of a city councilman in a trash can on their route. With help from a supervisor, the duo must solve the case and find the man's killer while hiding the body from the cops.
Men at Work is a lightweight buddy comedy that leans on the charm of real-life brothers Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez but doesn't do much with its premise. The plot is serviceable but meandering, never fully committing to either its comedic or crime-solving ambitions. The acting is watchable but unremarkable beyond the brothers' natural chemistry. Cinematography is standard early-90s fare with nothing distinctive. Novelty gets a slight bump for the quirky garbage-man-as-detective concept and the Vietnam vet sidekick subplot, which gives it a mildly offbeat flavor even if it's not fully realized. The ending resolves things in a perfunctory, unsatisfying way that feels rushed.