YMMV / Starship Troopers 3: Marauder

• Ass Pull: Those Mind Rape and head explosion psychic powers the Brain Bug suddenly has sure would've been handy in the first movie, where they're not even foreshadowed at all.
• Awesome Music: Sky Marshall Omar Anoke's big hit is awesome. It also seems to encourage less blind obedience than you would think of a pop song produced by a military-led government. "It's a good day to die...when you know the reasons why!" Probably because the ambiguity makes it Fridge Foreshadowing: Anoke is a traitor who literally thinks the humans all dying in battle, sooner rather than later, is a good thing.
• Best Known for the Fanservice: That's the one where everyone but the chick from Star Trek: Enterprise gets naked, right?
• Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory: Johnny Rico could be seen as a satirical take on this, given the film's overall tone. He is held responsible for the Federation's defeat at Roku San and executed, then returns from the dead to save the true believers. Of course, the defeat was the fault of someone at a much higher level than his, his death was faked, and his timely intervention was long set up to happen regardless of whether Lola found religion in a foxhole. Naturally, the Federation embraces the Almighty as their new ally against the Bugs, encouraging the citizenry to join the flock.
• Magnificent Bitch: Admiral Enolo Phid is the director of military intelligence at Terran Command, covering up the disappearance of Sky Marshal Omar Anoke with deepfake broadcasts and propaganda while suppressing any emergency signals from Anoke and the other survivors. Phid stages a bombing at a diplomatic conference to cover up Anoke's eventual death at the hands of the Bug-God Behemecoatyl, blaming several anti-war protestors for the act and having them executed. Convincing the competent General Dix Hauser to join her side with proof of Anoke's treachery, Phid deals a devastating blow to the Arachnids and maneuvers herself to become the new Sky Marshall and the head of a new Federation Church.
• Harsher in Hindsight: The scene where Phid digitally impersonates Anoke in his absence, hits harder today with the rise of Deep Fake software in the late 2010s and early 2020s, which can alter footage and audio of someone's face and voice to resemble somebody else's just as convincingly as the software used by the Federation in the movie.
• Special Effects Failure: Hero of The Federation was rather cheap looking but it had fairly decent CGI bug effects (though only because Tippett Studio was still involved)... but here the CGI rendering and animation for them looks the worst, not helping that the actors on set were clearly not told where to aim at, thus the troopers often end up pointing their rifles over the bugs' heads during the battle sequences. The Scorpion bugs also look fairly cheesy, and the CG on the Marauders is a bit lackluster in some shots.
• Strawman Has a Point: Holly being appalled at Omar Anoke being revealed to be worshipping a different god than the Christian one is supposed to be a horrifying, over-the-top display of religious zeal... except Anoke's "god" is the leader of the Bugs who's conspiring with him to Kill All Humans. Killing him would (and does) prove to be a reasonable course of action.
• Surprisingly Improved Sequel: Compared to the second film, which was a straight-up horror flick, this one at least tries to capture the satire of the original film, with much better FedNet broadcasts and bringing religion into the mix. The battles are less frustating due to improved tactics in the humans and use of the titular Marauders, but the Jingoism is much clearer as well. It's both a better action film and satire at the same time. Just look above at the Awesome Music.
• What Do You Mean, It's Not Political?: The Federal Detention Facility has seen "the greatest number of hangings since the 21st century."

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