Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
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Earnest, resolved, classical in form and grave.
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Ian Bealeon TMDB · Feb 201710/10
**Excellent sequel!** Intense sequel directed by Jeannot Szwarc (who also directed episodes of Columbo alongside Steven Spielberg!) Performances here are every bit as good as the original and Szwarc manages to infuse of great sense of style to the proceedings - building upon and adding even more depth to the Brody story. The camerawork is extremely stylish - some great gliding point of view shots. John Williams outdoes his work in the original movie with his Jaws 2 score. The film feels more brutal than the original and leads to a nerve shredding climax. A great counterpart to Jaws (1975). - **Ian Beale**
Read the whole review on TMDB - JPV852on TMDB · Jul 20207/10
Adequate but still entertaining sequel has some okay practical effects with the shark though still really silly given what happened in the last one nobody in charge would listen to Brody. Nothing overly special and doubt I'd revisit this anytime soon, but an okay sequel. **3.25/5**
Read the whole review on TMDB - quasar1967on TMDB · Sep 20208/10
just as good as the original, if not better
Read the whole review on TMDB - r96skon TMDB · Feb 20226/10
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.
Read the whole review on TMDB - CinemaSerfon TMDB · Apr 20225/10
It's only after watching this that you realise just how crucial to the success of the first film Robert Shaw was. This is not the worst sequel I've seen by any means, but without his gnarled and charismatic "Quint", we are left with a pretty mundane effort from all concerned. This time our hungry finned friend has a group of young sailors - including, of course, the Brady bunch - "Michael" (Mark Gruner) and "Sean" (Marc Gilpin) firmly in it's sights. This necessitates their sheriff father (Roy Scheider) having to defy his own loathing of the water to try and rescue them. Director Jeannot Szwarc tries to mix it up a little, but there is just too much inevitability about the ending; and the screaming hysterics of the weans - especially the truly irritating "Jackie" (Donna Wilkes) started to get under my finger nails quite quickly. The photography is good, and some effort has been made to disguise the more mechanical elements of the shark attacks, but the calamitous fire pan to fire scenarios recycle themselves once too often. John Williams' score still works well to help generate some semblance of a sense of peril, but I'm afraid this isn't remotely scary and was quite a disappointin
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Cast
- Roy ScheiderPolice Chief Martin Brody
- Lorraine GaryEllen Brody
- Murray HamiltonMayor Larry Vaughn
- Joseph MascoloLen Peterson
- Jeffrey KramerHendricks
- Collin Wilcox PaxtonDr. Lureen Elkins
- Ann DusenberryTina Wilcox
- Mark GrunerMike Brody
- Barry CoeTom Andrews
- Susan FrenchOld Lady
Crew
- Jeannot SzwarcDirector
- Carl GottliebScreenplay
- Howard SacklerScreenplay
- Peter BenchleyScreenplay
- Michael C. ButlerDirector of Photography
- John WilliamsOriginal Music Composer
- Steve PotterEditor
- Arthur SchmidtEditor
- Neil TravisEditor
- David BrownProducer
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