What is the secret of Soylent Green? In the densely populated dystopian New York City of 2022, pollution, poverty and starvation rule the day, and those who control the rations rule the city. Investigating the murder of a prominent member of the food manufacturing Soylent Corporation, a detective (Charlton Heston) begins to unravel a larger conspiracy with shocking implications, leading to one of the decade’s great film finales, in this classic ‘70s sci-fi thriller from director Richard Fleischer.