Review of Soylent Green (1973) by Hannah M — 05 May 2011

Directed by Richard Fleischer and Starring Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Joseph Cotten, Brock Peters and Paula Kelly.

I was one of the very few people who had never really ever heard of the ending before...And how shocked it left people. But is Soylent Green all too true? I mean is this type of scenario going to be happening by 2022? I mean Overpopulation...War...Pollution...Devastation of the world's eco-system...Etc?

But the way our way of life is at the moment I am not really all that shocked if Soylent Green was some type of film sending us a message about the extreme dangers of Over-Population and too be fair I am not surprised if the ending was to come real.

Robert Thorn is a detective living in New York City in 2022 with the city's population at over 40,000 million people with a boss of a major production company has been murder with him on the case, but he might have just entered what is the biggest human conspiracy in the future.

Again I had never heard of the ending before and when I found out I could not stop saying WTF.

84% for Story: Very well told and very well put together this Sci-fi/Disaster movie and the mystery elements are awesome despite some of the films short comings.

96% for Acting: I think this is the films biggest strong point, and one of Charlton Heston's best performances by far and really the whole film is full of great and brilliant acting...Minus our lead female who was just annoying near the end.

90% for Special Effects: The films visuals show a major bleak and dark society that one cannot simply explain.

85% for everything else: Some impressive shots showing the set construction made to look like a futuristic NYC.

Though it's a pretty solid Mystery film and it will be one that might likely never be forgotten for a long (Even more the ending).

Keiko's score 87-100.