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Jaws 2

- 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.

Release Date : 1978-06-16

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Universal PicturesThe Zanuck/Brown Company

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles : Jaws II

Cast

Character Name : Police Chief Martin Brody

Original Name : Roy Scheider

Gender : Male

Character Name : Ellen Brody

Original Name : Lorraine Gary

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mayor Larry Vaughn

Original Name : Murray Hamilton

Gender : Male

Character Name : Len Peterson

Original Name : Joseph Mascolo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hendricks

Original Name : Jeffrey Kramer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr. Lureen Elkins

Original Name : Collin Wilcox Paxton

Gender : Female

Character Name : Tina Wilcox

Original Name : Ann Dusenberry

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mike Brody

Original Name : Mark Gruner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tom Andrews

Original Name : Barry Coe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Old Lady

Original Name : Susan French

Gender : Female

Character Name : Andy Nicholas

Original Name : Gary Springer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Jackie Peters

Original Name : Donna Wilkes

Gender : Female

Character Name : Eddie Marchand

Original Name : Gary Dubin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Paul 'Polo' Loman

Original Name : John Dukakis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Timmy Weldon

Original Name : G. Thomas Dunlop

Gender : Male

Character Name : Doug Fetterman

Original Name : Keith Gordon

Gender : Male

Character Name : Larry Vaughn Jr.

Original Name : David Elliott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sean Brody

Original Name : Marc Gilpin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Bob

Original Name : Billy Van Zandt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Marge

Original Name : Martha Swatek

Gender : Female

Character Name : Brooke

Original Name : Gigi Vorgan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Water Skier

Original Name : Christine Freeman

Gender : Female

Character Name : Renee

Original Name : April Gilpin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Bryant

Original Name : Kathy Wilson

Gender : Male

Reviews

Ian Beale

@IanBeale

2021-06-23

**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**

JPV852

@JPV852

2021-06-23

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**

quasar1967

@quasar1967

2021-06-23

just as good as the original, if not better

r96sk

@r96sk

2022-02-19

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.

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2022-04-13

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 disappointing watch.