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Jaws 2 (1978)
Front Cover Actor
Movie Details
Director Jeannot Szwarc
Language English
Audience Rating PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time 116 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
Ushering in the age of the inferior sequel, Jaws 2 was essentially a license to print money. Indeed, the film did very well despite blatantly replicating the plot of Steven Spielberg's original, though to lesser effect. Roy Scheider returns as Martin Brody, sheriff of the small island town of Amity. Just as the beachside resort is rebounding from the previous movie's shark attacks, another great white is snacking on divers and water-skiers. Naturally, the town fathers don't want to confront reality and choose to proceed with a lucrative sailing regatta, resulting in a grisly loss of life. Besides the fact that director Jeannot Szwarc takes an impersonal, workaday approach to the film, Jaws 2 manages to be both stylistically flat and openly cynical about its commercial intentions. Of chief interest here is Scheider's performance, which wisely reflects the emotional fallout from Brody's last trauma in his obsessive behavior here. --Tom Keogh
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 1676
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
025192092824
Release Date 5/22/2001
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1