Film197397 min

Soylent Green

Name: Soylent Green
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Released: 1973
Duration: 97 min
Cast: Charlton Heston, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Connors, Joseph Cotten, Brock Peters

Taste attributes: crimemysteryscience fictionthrillerpsychologicalfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatesurrealenclosedemotive & stirringfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosionsocial commentarysolving the riddle/not as it seemstroubled leads

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Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, original sci-fi film: weighty and morally murky. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: balanced · Originality: very fresh · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: surreal · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

6.9/10

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Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Balanced pace, just how this profile likes it

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Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism
Linearity: Surreal / non-linear, where this profile leans linear / logical

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Synopsis

In an overpopulated futuristic Earth, a New York police detective finds himself marked for murder by government agents when he gets too close to a bizarre state secret involving the origins of a revolutionary and needed new foodstuff.

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