Rating: PG
Genre:
Science Fiction
Release Date: 03/25/2008
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 97 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Richard Fleischer directed this nightmarish science fiction vision of an over-populated world, based on the novel by Harry Harrison. In 2022, New York City is a town bursting at the seams with a 40-million-plus population. Food is in short supply, and most of the population's food source comes from synthetics manufactured in local factories -- the dinner selections being a choice between Soylent Blue, Soylent Yellow, or Soylent Green. When William Simonson (
Joseph Cotten), an upper-echelon executive in the Soylent Company, is found murdered, police detective Thorn (
Charlton Heston) is sent in to investigate the case. Helping him out researching the case is Thorn's old friend Sol Roth (
Edward G. Robinson, in his final film role). As they investigate the environs of a succession of mad-from-hunger New Yorkers and the luxuriously rich digs of the lucky few, Thorn uncovers the terrible truth about the real ingredients of Soylent Green.
~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide