This installment brings a new plot element to the franchise. It's theorized that if you are fated to die, you can cheat death by murdering someone. That person takes your death and you get all of that victim's remaining time.
That should've been a great plot point to explore. The survivors, while on the lookout for death, would have to worry about one another's murderous thoughts. Sadly though, the plot point isn't fully realized.
The ending tries to tie into the original film by having the survivors board the doomed Flight 180. However, in the first film, that plane exploded right after take-off. Here, the flight is traveling above the ocean already when it meets its fiery fate.
I hated Eric Heisserer's scripts for the prequel to THE THING and the remake of NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET because they don't standout on their own, relaying on the original films to supply the info. Here, he does a better job but the script is still standard-fare.
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