Soylent Green

Release Date: 1973-04-18

Rating: ⭐ 6.943/10 (1311 votes)

Genres: Science Fiction, Thriller, Crime, Mystery

Overview: In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.

Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

🎭 Top Cast

Charlton Heston

as Detective Robert Thorn

Leigh Taylor-Young

as Shirl

Chuck Connors

as Tab Fielding

Joseph Cotten

as William R. Simonson

Brock Peters

as Chief Hatcher

Paula Kelly

as Martha Phillips

📝 User Reviews

Crazypiglady

⭐ 4/10

Dec 31, 2022

This story takes place in the bleak future of 2022 but it feels very much like 1973. There are some moments of inspiration but a number of tricks have been missed in imagining a dystopian future, notably race, gender and technology. I know that dystopia is supposed to be worse but it looks rather like 1973 instead of an degraded 2022. The story is good but almost everything else is dated. As such, it seems it may benefit from a remake but I think the reason it hasn't been remade is probably because it has actually be rebooted a number of times in other films and its actually a fairly simple plot.

🎞️ You Might Also Like

The Maiden Heist

Silent Running

Fantastic Voyage

Westworld

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Made in Britain