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.
Charlton Heston
as Detective Robert Thorn
Leigh Taylor-Young
as Shirl
Chuck Connors
as Tab Fielding
Joseph Cotten
as William R. Simonson
Brock Peters
as Chief Hatcher
Paula Kelly
as Martha Phillips
Edward G. Robinson
as Sol Roth
Stephen Young
as Gilbert
Mike Henry
as Kulozik
Lincoln Kilpatrick
as The Priest
Crazypiglady
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 li...