"we have no more soylent green today"

charlton heston doesn't have to worry about food in this movie,because he chews on the scenery like a poter house stake! but if you're like me that's what you want from him in this movie. the story and the action need his over the top acting to sell the story,and chuck doesn't let us down.
welcome to the future,new york is still there,but now is home to some 40 to 50 million people,globle warming has altered the planet temp. to the point of being unliveable,and food for a world poplation is just not enough to go around. lucky for all the "soylent" corp. makes food disc that keep people from starving.
heston is a cop named thorn(get it as "thorn in the side) who is sent out to investagate after one of the soylent ceo's is found dead. and as a good cop he wants the case closed as quick as possible,(if you don't close cases quickly there are millions of people waiting to take your job)also as a cop whatever he wants in the victims appartment he takes(food, cloths,and anything else that he finds.
while checking out the case his roommate(and book,an old man who digs up facts for him and tells him of times long passed)finds some troubleing files about the soylent company.knowing that he doesn't have long to live the "book"(edward g. robinson,in his last role,and he is letter perfect) goes to a place where people can be "put to sleep" and tells heston to follow him after they take his boy away.when heston does he ends up at the soylent company,and finds out about the tastey treat.
70's sci-fi at the maximam cheese level,but a very fun movie to watch,and heston's last line is as funny as it is chilling.

Soylent Green is still people!

What a great movie. That is all I am going to say!

Substance Over Style

A lot people seem to have a problem with the set of Soylent Green. Yes, it looks very 70's, but I like the fact that the future was portrayed as something real and tangible. No space suits or flying cars here.

The great storyline makes up for the fact that the sets weren't fancy. With global warming and rising poverty rates in the world today, this "future" may not be too far off.

I especially liked the scene between Thorn and Sol when they were eating dinner. It's sad to think of a world where eating lettuce and apples are like eating gormet food. Also the scene where Sol went to the death chamber was touching, he got to see a projection of the way the world used to be, a world that we now take for granted.

Some people also suggested a remake of this movie. Why can't people just appreciate things for what they are. That's the problem with Hollywood today, always remaking movies instead of coming up with original ideas. How many movies are made nowadays that will become cult classics 30 years from now? Not many. People today want instant gratification and consider the movie boring when they actually take time to develop the plot. This is not MTV people! This movie has substance over style.