About Soylent Green
- Rating:
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PG
PG
- Year Released:
- 1973
- Genres:
- Science Fiction, Thriller
- Metadata:
- Directed by Richard Fleischer
Released in 1973, and set in 2022,
Soylent Green is a dystopian vision of our world overcome by pollution, overpopulation, poverty, depleted resources, and climate change. Charlton Heston stars as Frank Thorn, a poor, scrappy police detective whose investigation into the death of a wealthy businessman leads him to the Soylent Corporation and a dark secret. The film is a lasting part of the American science-fiction canon and offers an understated critique of modern society. (2K DCP Presentation)
