Soylent Green (1973)
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.
- Richard Fleischer
- Daniel McCauley
- Wolfgang E. Marum
- Stanley R. Greenberg
- Harry Harrison
Rating: 6.9/10 by 1242 users
Alternative Title:
Soylent Green - Jahr 2022 ... die überleben wollen - DE
Make Room! Make Room! - US
Le mystère de la Soylent Green - FR
Groen Rantsoen - NL
Cuando el destino nos alcance - ES
Soylent Green: Cuando el destino nos alcance - ES
최후의 수호자 - KR
Country:
United States of America
Language:
English
Español
Runtime: 01 hour 37 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $3,600,000
Plot Keyword: based on novel or book, paranoia, dystopia, greenhouse effect, global warming, overpopulation, water shortage, cannibal, genocide, murder investigation, colony collapse disorder, eutanasia, assisted suicide, crime against humanity, murder case, food shortage, societal collapse, processing plant, environmental collapse
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.
