Overview:
Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.| Status: | Released (1978-06-16) |
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| BoxOffice: | $81,766,007 |
| Screen: | Peter Benchley, Carl Gottlieb, Howard Sackler |
| Productions: | Universal Pictures, Zanuck/Brown Productions |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 6355: Roy Scheider - Police Chief Martin Brody
- 8607: Lorraine Gary - Ellen Brody
- 8608: Murray Hamilton - Mayor Larry Vaughn
- 6769: Joseph Mascolo - Len Peterson
- 8609: Jeffrey Kramer - Hendricks
- 8497: Collin Wilcox Paxton - Dr. Lureen Elkins
- 16197: Ann Dusenberry - Tina Wilcox
Crews
- 16196: James Troutman - Sound Effects Editor - Sound
- 16189: Michael C. Butler - Director of Photography - Camera
- 38: Arthur Schmidt - Editor - Editing
- 7231: Neil Travis - Editor - Editing
- 16194: Philip Leto - Hairstylist - Costume & Make-Up
- 7870: Steve Potter - Editor - Editing
- 16187: Jeannot Szwarc - Director - Directing
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Reviews
Ian Beale
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**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 a ....
Continue reading ->JPV852
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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**
Continue reading ->r96sk
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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 ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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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 ti ....
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