Soylent Green (1973)
7/10
Ah, people were always lousy. But there was a world, once.
15 September 2007
This sci-fi classic is still good even if you know the ending, which I will not tell you.

Charleton Heston is a NYPD Detective. That's New York in 2022, when there are 40 million people. There is no real food except for the super rich. The rest of the people eat crackers made of soybeans or plankton - when they can get it. People sleep practically on top of each other: on stairways, in doorways, anywhere they can.

A rich man is murdered and the trail that Heston is following leads him to the truth. The Truth! No, you can't handle the truth, which is why it is a closely guarded secret and the rich man became unreliable.

Great support by such stars as Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten, Brock Peters, Paula Kelly, and Edward G. Robinson.

I like director Richard Fleischer, who died last year. He directed my favorite Charles Bronson movie - Mr. Majestyk.
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