Jaws 2 (1978)

United States of America

Horror, Thriller

Universal Pictures, Zanuck/Brown Productions

Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo, Jeffrey Kramer, Collin Wilcox Paxton

Jeannot Szwarc

Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, Howard Sackler

Taglines: Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...

dying and death, rescue, island, panic, mayor, shark attack, police chief, current, boat accident, animal attack, sailing, sequel, scuba diving, creature, shark, great white shark, killer whale, high-tension current, water skiing, tourism

Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

Reviews:

Author: r96sk
A disappointing follow-up. I enjoyed Roy Scheider's performance and the core action sequences near the end, but everything else is a bit boring. 'Jaws 2' puts high focus on the teenagers, though their story never possesses any intrigue. The effects for the shark, meanwhile, are a step down from the original. It's not terribly far from being watchable, a slightly shorter run time might've helped in that regard, but I just personally found it to be an uninteresting 115 minutes or so. Perhaps initial director John D. Hancock's ideas would've came out better, though he was fired during production; speaking of which, the issues behind the scenes for this - and even the first film, really - are pretty fascinating.