satirical sci-fi

His films like Brazil and Twelve Monkeys use dystopian sci-fi as vehicles for savage satire of bureaucracy, technology, and social control.

RoboCop, Starship Troopers, and Total Recall blend sci-fi spectacle with biting satire of militarism, consumerism, and corporate greed.

Idiocracy presents a future society as a scathing satire of anti-intellectualism and consumer culture wrapped in sci-fi comedy.