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Starring: Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Dick Van Patten, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten $10.99 Features:
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Editorial Review:
The is 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 - an artificial nourishment whose actual ingredients are not known by the public. Thorn is the tough homicide detective who stumbles onto the secret so terrifying no one would dare believe him.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 
Classic movie.: 
I saw this movie years ago when it was first released. I purchased it because it is a a pop culture icon for films of this genre. It's kind of a must have for your film library. If you're young and have never seen it, you need to watch it so you'll know what someone means if they make a reference to "soylent green".
Thought Provoking:
Primarily due to overpopulation with associated environmental degradation, the earth has degenerated into a noisome place of crowded poverty. People's diets are reduced to processed wafers the most desireable of which is Soylent Green, presumably processed from oceanic algae. The implication is that the seas have been so degraded as to produce nothing better.
Thorn, a tough detective, ultimately discovers the true nature of 'Soylent Green.' The most memorable and poignant scenes of the movie are when...more info
What is Soylent Green? It's ...:
Soylent Green still works even if you know the secret of what soylent green is. It is a well acted dystopian fiction that gives you the feeling of being immersed in the post-apocalyptic famine riddled society it portrays. At its dark heart it is a detective story with Charlton Heston trying to figure out why a rich Soylent Green corporate has been assassinated. He pilfers whatever he can along his investigation and brings the goodies back to his home where a friend of his, Edward G. Robinson, enjoys the...more info
sylent green:
This is a very serious movie. It is about overpopulation of people, pollution and corruption (very much a part of the Bush adminitration). Don't bother to read the book "No Room, No Room" it is nothing.
The movie makes a sense of need,security and wanting of the old days and the "Good Life". It is sad, horrifying and terrible what happens but probably very "true to life" in the very near future.
The movie is accurate but outdated because of the old cars used (they should be newer in the year...more info
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