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Jaws 2 (1978)
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Cast: Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror
My review: This ain't Jaws. Enough said. Thanks for reading my review
Well, I suppose I have to say a bit more about this 2nd sequel of four Jaws films. When Jaws 2 came out in 1978 it was the biggest money making sequel until Rocky 2 hit the theaters. It's main claim to fame is one of the most famous movie tag lines to ever be coined:
Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Cast: Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror
My review: This ain't Jaws. Enough said. Thanks for reading my review
Well, I suppose I have to say a bit more about this 2nd sequel of four Jaws films. When Jaws 2 came out in 1978 it was the biggest money making sequel until Rocky 2 hit the theaters. It's main claim to fame is one of the most famous movie tag lines to ever be coined:
"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..."
While Jaws 2 does have Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton returning in their roles as the Police chief, his wife and the towns mayor, most notably absent is Richard Dreyfus and director Steven Spielberg. Robert Shaw couldn't return, having previously been eaten by a shark
Jaws 2 has none of the building drama and tension that the original had and it lacks the gut wrenching shark attack scenes that made the first so powerful.
What the film does have is much more shark attack scenes with teens being chowed down like sardines. I mean who doesn't like to see teens get eating alive! This makes for a fun shark-monster movie much in the way the 1950s had teens being stalked by blobs or alien creatures.
They put more money into the shark model for this one and as a result it can do more things and so we see it more too. Though I found the shark in the original more frightening. By showing too long of close ups of the sharks mouth one starts to think of it as a big Hollywood prop.
The film looks pretty good I must say and is shot and edited well too. The town of Amity comes alive in this sequel and the scenes shot out on the ocean look good.
Oh, I love how Roy Scheider kills off the second shark, over the top for sure, but damn it's fun!
Jaws 2 has none of the building drama and tension that the original had and it lacks the gut wrenching shark attack scenes that made the first so powerful.
What the film does have is much more shark attack scenes with teens being chowed down like sardines. I mean who doesn't like to see teens get eating alive! This makes for a fun shark-monster movie much in the way the 1950s had teens being stalked by blobs or alien creatures.
They put more money into the shark model for this one and as a result it can do more things and so we see it more too. Though I found the shark in the original more frightening. By showing too long of close ups of the sharks mouth one starts to think of it as a big Hollywood prop.
The film looks pretty good I must say and is shot and edited well too. The town of Amity comes alive in this sequel and the scenes shot out on the ocean look good.
Oh, I love how Roy Scheider kills off the second shark, over the top for sure, but damn it's fun!