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Emilio EstevezScreenplay:
Emilio EstevezCinematography:
Tim SuhrstedtComposer:
Stewart CopelandCast:
Charlie Sheen, Emilio Estevez, Leslie Hope, Keith David, John Getz, Dean Cameron, John Lavachielli, John Putch, Tommy Hinkley, Troy Evans, Cameron Dye, Bob Brown (more)VOD (1)
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It's up to a pair of trash-hauling heroes to clean up the city in this action-comedy starring real-life brothers Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez. Garbage men James (Estevez) and Carl (Sheen) dream of opening a surf shop, but often land in hot water due to their practical jokes. When they discover the body of a murdered politician on their route, they attempt to sniff out the killer themselves a bad idea that rapidly ensnares them in a toxic waste scandal. Soon, they're thrown headlong into a manic escapade involving a deranged veteran, an attractive campaign manager, a kidnapped pizza deliveryman and a greedy polluter who wants them hauledoff to a landfill for good! (official distributor synopsis)
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Films in the 1980s revelled in toxic waste (Toxic Avenger, C.H.U.D., The Return of the Living Dead, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), but we had to wait until 1990 for a comedy about garbage men who uncover a conspiracy to dispose of toxic waste. This is probably the only star-studded movie about garbage men that did about as much for garbage men as Baywatch did for lifeguards. You'll find in it, without a doubt, the best montages of garbage removal in the history of cinema. In addition, Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez show you that being a garbage man is a tough job. On the job, you have fun looking at other people's rubbish being thrown at you or competing with your garbage rivals. And since you finish early, you can spend the rest of the day surfing, partying or having sex on the beach. And after all that, watch your neighbours through binoculars. It is, in part, a very infantile variation on Rear Window, drowned in literally fecal humour. It's comedy trash (about trash).
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