Soylent Green (1973)
It's the year 2022. People are still the same. They'll do anything to get what they need. And they need Soylent Green.
Director: Richard Fleischer · Writer: Stanley R. Greenberg
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.
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Director
Richard Fleischer
Cast
Charlton Heston
Detective Robert Thorn 
Leigh Taylor-Young
Shirl 
Chuck Connors
Tab Fielding 
Joseph Cotten
William R. Simonson 
Brock Peters
Chief Hatcher 
Paula Kelly
Martha Phillips 
Edward G. Robinson
Sol Roth 
Stephen Young
Gilbert 
Mike Henry
Kulozik 
Lincoln Kilpatrick
The Priest 
Roy Jenson
Donovan 
Leonard Stone
Charles User Reviews (1)
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.
