Collider ranks action films that use spectacle to challenge authority, militarism, corporate power and audience expectations.

– 'Escape from New York' depicts a punitive, abandoned Manhattan and a hero who sabotages the government’s nuclear-war solution.
– 'Starship Troopers' disguises its satire of fascism and wartime propaganda as an enthusiastic, violent military adventure.
– 'RoboCop' uses exaggerated adverts and corporate control of policing to criticise consumerism and privatisation.