Men at Work is a 1990 American action comedy thriller film written and directed by Emilio Estevez, who also starred in the lead role.

However, they are placed on probation for their unprofessional attitude and are assigned an observer: their supervisor's brother-in-law, Louis.

After work, the pair spy on Susan Wilkins, a woman living across the street, and watch as she is fighting with a man.

As James and Carl hide and laugh, two men enter Susan's apartment, garrote the man and drag him away.

Louis, a Vietnam War vet suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, calms the two down by noting that Jack died of strangulation.

Louis, demanding that the cops not get involved, takes control of the situation by having them stash the body at Carl's place.

The two are brought before Maxwell Potterdam III, a corrupt businessman who has been dumping toxic waste illegally.

Carl and Susan are then stuffed into cans and set to be drowned in a lake Potterdam is using as an illegal dump site.

Carl rescues Susan and the group defeat Potterdam's squad of goons, terrorize him with their pranks and then dispose of him in the toxic water.

Said Estevez, "I was living in a studio apartment in Santa Monica at the time, and I was up late one night sitting at the kitchen table working out some story ideas on my computer.

He said he had no intention of having his brother Charlie star in the movie, but Sheen said he wanted a part after reading the script.

The studio disliked the original ending; shooting the new one resulted in ten additional days of filming.

Estevez later said "For me to be able to do a movie where saving the environment is the underlying theme is the greatest contribution I can make, I think.