The 1970s was a great era for dark sci-fi films and Soylent Green was one of them. Soylent Greenwas a film where people who haven't seen it know the twist and the ending. Even so, it was an excellent film for fans of the dystopia genre.
Soylent Green was a film that was set in the far-off year of 2022, and the film was surprisingly precedent regarding its themes of overpopulation, food shortages, and environmental catastrophe. The film did a great job of showing this version of New York being a hellhole because the streets and buildings were cramped, poverty was a rift, and real food was a luxury. It was world-building done well.
The film was also a well-made detective story that happened to have sci-fi twist. It was a murder mystery that involved corporate and political interests.
With the themes and story it was easy to see how Soylent Green other sci-fi films and novels like Blade Runner, What Happened to Monday and Ready Player One.
