The somewhat plausible and proximate horrors in the story of Soylent Green carry the production over its awkward spots to the status of a good futuristic exploitation film.
Soylent Green (1973)
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Reviews Counted:3
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Rotten:3
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Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: 21st century New York City is (still) an overpopulated mess, and the only food left is Soylent Green, a soybean and lentil concoction with an extra-special, government-mandated ingredient. As... 21st century New York City is (still) an overpopulated mess, and the only food left is Soylent Green, a soybean and lentil concoction with an extra-special, government-mandated ingredient. As police detective Thorn (Charlton Heston) investigates a murder, he learns of a conspiracy with bizarre implications. This Edward G. Robinson's final movie, as the star died not long after filming his final scene. Based on Harry Harrison's "Make Room! Make Room!" [More]
Starring: Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Edward G. Robinson
Starring: Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Edward G. Robinson, Dick Van Patten, Stephen Young, Paula Kelly, Brock Peters
Director: Richard Fleischer
Director: Richard Fleischer
Screenwriter: Stanley R. Greenberg
Producer: Walter Seltzer
Composer: Fred Myrow
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Reviews for Soylent Green
Uneven and slightly muddled futuristic horror story -- not really science fiction, more like an antipollution PSA gone berserk.
Their 21st-century New York occasionally is frightening but it is rarely convincingly real.
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