Ann Dusenberry, Barry Coe, Collin Wilcox

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

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PG, 1 hr. 56 min.

Directed by: Jeannot Szwarc

Release Date: June 16, 1978

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DVD Release Date: May 22, 2001

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  • September 7, 2009
    An inferior sequel but an entertaining jaunt all the same!
  • May 16, 2009
    While Spielberg did not return for the sequel of his monster hit, the majority of the cast did. It's particularly good to see Rob Scheider get all protective of the Amity beach again. That and the look of the scenery makes it easy to connect the film to its predecessor and create...( read more) the same atmosphere, which is always a big plus of a sequel. Of course Spielberg's direction can't be topped, but at least John Williams was back on board with his classic score. The shark attacks are still as wonderfully terrifying, only the script is not quite en par with the wonderful original. That being said, as far as sequels of masterpieces go this one is pretty decent and worth checking out.
  • May 6, 2009
    Amazingly this sequel was just as good as the first if not more scary and thought provoking. Its the same story and same kind of outcome but with the same decent cast and some more great performances from both the shark and its victims. Just a big piece of rubber it may be, this ...( read more)fake fish still scares the shit outta me lol so eerie with many open sea shots and eye level surface shots its enough to make you avoid the water for life (and it still does make you wonder)

    The latter half of the film where the youngsters are slowly eaten as they drift at sea is hard hitting and brilliant stuff, even the infamous sequence where 'Jaws' brings down the chopper as it lands on the surface is chilling, it looks fake yes but there's still something about that fake shark hehe

    Good sequel and where the franchise should of ended.
  • March 23, 2009
    Obviously not as legendary as its predecessor, but generally thought of to be one of the better sequels made to many Hollywood movies. Pretty much Speilberg didnt come back after the near disasters making the first one, and the second was no easier.

    But Scheider did a rerun as ...( read more)Chief Brody (underrated actor of his time) and he had the burden of carrying the movie on his own... which he did alright in my opinion.

    But the mystique and sheer thrill is gone... instead of teasing us with glimpses and the threat of the unseen, they instead gave us a shark with half his face burned off to give it some menace... but it didnt pay off I guess.

    3 stars for being a 2nd good shark movie.
  • July 4, 2008
    Another shark is haunting the Amity beach area and causes a speedboating joyrider to blow themselves up. Police Chief Brody tries to alert the authorities, but they fail to believe him for lack of any hard evidence. He is then fired from the job after he panics and shoots at a sh...( read more)oal of fish. His two sons sneak out yachting with their friends but their yachts capsize. When Brody learns of this, he races to save them as the shark picks the trapped group off one by one. While most treat Jaws 2 with disdain, it actually seems a little better than that. Szwarc doesn?t do too bad a job at all. He keeps the film moving like a rollercoaster ride on water-skis, whipping the action along with high-speed underwater cameras mounted on the shark?s fin itself or boom crane shots sweeping across the water. Some of the scenes involving the high-speed pursuit of a waterskier shot from underwater, or the snatching of a victim from a yacht are quite intense seat-edge material.
  • November 7, 2009
    Sympatycznie wspominam. Projekcja na TELE24 - czy ktos to pamieta?
  • October 27, 2009
    they keep getting dumber
  • October 25, 2009
    The sequel to Jaws, was well done by director Jeannot Szwarc. Without Speilberg or Dreyfuss in this sequel, the movie was taken with the same direction of what Speilberg had created in Jaws. Chief Brody played by Roy Scheider is back to try and convince the people that a killer s...( read more)hark is on the prowl again. This time we get to see more of the shark and the attacks on his victims! A good movie and just as good as the first. :)
  • September 18, 2009
    Can somebody plz tell me how to watch this movie i still dont understand how it works?
  • September 18, 2009
    A solid sequel to the original Jaws film. Most of the original cast are back expect we do not get director Steven Spielberg on this. Even without Spielberg the film stands as a good sequel with more shots of the shark. Not as good as the original but the film has a decent story a...( read more)nd solid acting from the cast. If you enjoyed the original then check this out.

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  • InfamousHugo
    April 24, 2008
    .. and more unintentionally funny moments, less character development, badly written, badly shot, not inspired at all, some bad acting. Yep! Definately better than the first one.
  • GreenGoblin92
    July 13, 2007
    For the people that are commenting about how bad it is:

    IMO, it's way better than the first one. For your information, this one had more suspense and it was more scarier than the first Jaws.

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