Detective Robert Thorn
Charlton Heston
Detective Robert Thorn

“It's the year 2022. People are still the same. They'll do anything to get what they need. And they need Soylent Green.”
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.
Soylent Green (1973) Official Trailer - Charlton Heston, Edward G Robinson Movie HD
Detective Robert Thorn
Charlton Heston
Detective Robert Thorn
Shirl
Leigh Taylor-Young
Shirl
Tab Fielding
Chuck Connors
Tab Fielding
William R. Simonson
Joseph Cotten
William R. Simonson
Chief Hatcher
Brock Peters
Chief Hatcher
Martha Phillips
Paula Kelly
Martha Phillips
Sol Roth
Edward G. Robinson
Sol Roth
Gilbert
Stephen Young
Gilbert
Kulozik
Mike Henry
Kulozik
The Priest
Lincoln Kilpatrick
The Priest
Donovan
Roy Jenson
Donovan
Charles
Leonard Stone
Charles
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.
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