Soylent Green
Directed by Richard Fleischer7.070%70%6.9
New York 2022. In de door criminaliteit en overbevolking verpeste stad leven de mensen bijna alleen nog op het synthetische voedsel van het grote concern Soylent. Als een van de directeuren van dit bedrijf wordt vermoord, ontdekt politieman Thorn, die op zoek gaat naar de moordenaar, de verschrikkelijke achtergronden van de moord.
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Soylent Green Ratings & Reviews
- Aaron Slade14 januari 2026Underated classic! Watch it along with Omega Man.
- Ommar23 december 2025ScreenCrush ruined the ending while referencing this movie.
- flavo4322 november 2025Soylent Green is one of my favourite sci-fi films precisely because it doesn’t lean on huge special effects or flashy technology. Instead, it builds its dystopian future through story, atmosphere, and deeply human characters. Charlton Heston’s weary detective and Edward G. Robinson’s heartbreaking final performance give the film an emotional core that stays with you long after the famous twist. Like many ’70s sci-fi movies, it imagines an overpopulated, polluted, decaying world—but watching it today, that future feels disturbingly close to reality. Food shortages, corporate control, environmental collapse, and the casual disregard for human life are no longer wild speculation, just exaggerated reflections of our own headlines. The film moves at a deliberate pace, allowing its grim details to sink in rather than rushing from set piece to set piece. Even if you already know the ending, Soylent Green remains a powerful, unsettling warning wrapped in a gripping detective story.
- renderartist2 september 2025The story is engrossing, the pacing is even, the cinematography and set design are really cool. This reminded me a lot of a Kubrick style film. I'd never seen this before, enjoyed it. Soylent Green is prophetic in its warnings of how the rich and powerful will always find ways to undermine the poor in times of famine, overpopulation and societal injustices. The film's message holds up, even when the horrific truth is laid bare it falls on deaf ears.
- Johnny14 november 2025Slept on!
- mhantzea2 februari 2025It might’ve been cool back in 1973
- David Daniel25 oktober 2024Watching this film a half century after I first saw it I was really impressed with the direction, well scripted as well
Soylent Green Trivia
Soylent Green was released on 9 mei 1973.
Soylent Green was directed by Richard Fleischer.
Soylent Green has a runtime of 1 u, 37 m.
Soylent Green was produced by Walter Seltzer, Russell Thacher.
New York 2022. In de door criminaliteit en overbevolking verpeste stad leven de mensen bijna alleen nog op het synthetische voedsel van het grote concern Soylent. Als een van de directeuren van dit bedrijf wordt vermoord, ontdekt politieman Thorn, die op zoek gaat naar de moordenaar, de verschrikkelijke achtergronden van de moord.
The key characters in Soylent Green are Detective Robert Thorn (Charlton Heston), Shirl (Leigh Taylor-Young), Tab Fielding (Chuck Connors).
Soylent Green is rated 12.
Soylent Green is a Sciencefiction, Mysterie, Thriller film.
Soylent Green has an audience rating of 7 out of 10.
Soylent Green has made US$ 3,6 mln. at the box office.