Soylent green is one of my favourite films. Although looking a little dated the film works so well and is a truely intrieging depressing tale.
The Good
Overcrowded city - The streets a crawling with people, against every wall there are families sleeping. In the poor houses ever possible surface is covered with sleeping people, there is a nice scene of the detective trying to climb a staircase that has alot of people asleep on it.
Goverment - The goverment in the city trying to deal with over population and starvation at the same time... The truth behind soylent green is really good and the turning people into food stuff is such a nice idea.
Suicide - The huge automated suicide buildings were really thought provoking. A goverment system to help thin out the population. What happens to all the bodies?
Riot Police - due to the ever increasing population the cities riot force is basically huge bulldozer style diggers that scoop people into large containers and ship them off.
The good
If someone attacks a policeman then they end up dead
The old man relishing real meat, a woman pays thousands for a jar of jam.
The Bad
Dated - The only weakness of the film is it falls into the 70's view of the future which clearly will never come true. This only really applies to a few of the outfits and some home furnishings.