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Jaws 2 (Widescreen)

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they should have done it with a another family other then his it was a good damn movie if you dont think about the first one for sure and no i am not saying this is better then the first in any way.

I don't know why people complain about this awesome sequel! It was the first before two other, worse ones, but this one was totally awesome and worthy of the first! It is definetly in the right direction and in the spirit of the original. It was scary at some points and the end was great! (Except the 'shocker' at the end, that looked fake.)

This Jaws sequel was definetly enjoyable and worth a look to anyone who liked the first. The fourth was the other one I watched, haven't seen three but I'm planning on getting it sometimes. After seeing this one, the fourth one sucks. (I thought it was fun before.) A great sequel, steer clear of the fourth unless you wanna watch something so bad its good.

It's been four years since the great white shark terrorized the small resort of Amity. Now, it's happening again: unsuspecting vacationers are beginning to disappear in an all-too-familiar fashion. Only one man, Police Chief Martin Brody, knows what's really going on, but the Mayor doesn't want to take him seriously.

The film, directed by Jeannot Szwarc (Enigma, Somewhere In Time, The Bug) while not as good as the first, is still not a bad sequel. There's not as much gore in this one as in the last and while that's not a bad thing, some of the shark attack scenes lose some of their realism due to the lack of it. I also felt that there were too many sequences in the movie showing the teenagers sailing their boats and goofing around. I also didn't care for the way one of the teenagers treated Sean, Martin Brody's youngest son, angrily yelling at him to grab hold of the rope he is throwing him, doesn't he realize that the boy is scared that the shark might come up again? after all, he'd just been rescued from a close encounter with the shark! Richard Dreyfuss' character, Matt Hooper is sorely missed and only mentioned in a phone call message Brody's wife gives him. As well, I noticed in some of the shark sequences that the Great White looked plastic, which stole some of the shock value away from these scenes. However, the movie did have some good shock scenes, such as the one when Martin Brody, investigating a mysterious object in the water, comes face to face with one of the victims. Another harrowing sequence is the one where Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) freaks out at what he thinks is a shark, yelling at everyone to clear the beach while he fires his gun at it! As it turns out, it was only a group of bluefish. This event leads to his firing as Police Chief. The underwater sequences, I thought, were really breathtaking, giving you a perspective from the shark's point of view as it slowly moved towards it's victims. Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo, and Jeffrey Kramer all give terrific performances in this movie.

As for the picture, Universal did a beautiful job remastering this film--it's crisp and clear, with absolutely no flaws whatsoever. The sound, in Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, is great, dialogue can be easily heard and John Williams famous suspenseful score sounds better than ever. The movie is in 2:35 Widescreen format, which is great as it lets you see the movie the way it was meant to be seen (it's even better if you have a Widescreen TV). The DVD also has subtitles in English, Espanol, and Francais, which should be please the hard-of-hearing audience. It's also got some great extras, such as The Making Of Jaws 2, Theatrical Trailers, deleted scenes, and John Williams: The Music Of Jaws 2.

So, while Jaws 2 doesn't have the "bite" of the original, it's still worth checking out.

I was excited at the age of 17 when I heard that a sequel to Jaws was coming out only three years after the first movie. I went, saw it and was not too impressed, however. The Brody boys had aged a bit since the first movie (different actors this time), Chief Brody (Roy Scheider) gets the axe and another aggressive shark prowling off the shores of Amity Island looking for victims, picking up where the deceased shark left off. Some movies that have been a box office smash usually have sequels, and most of these have not been successful. As for this movie, Jaws II did not fit the criteria as the first Jaws movie did and I would not purchase a DVD or a VHS on sequels such as this. Total waste of time!!!

Jaws 2 pickes up four years after the original,and it's not as bad as some say.While its no where near as good it's predecessor it is far better than most other shark films.
The plot of Jaws 2 is that another,bigger shark has found its way into the waters of Amity,the same island from the original,.
After the some boaters are killed police chief Brody,one of the heros of the first film, is sure that another shark is patroling the shores of Amity,but most people think he is just paranoid.
Chief Brody almost goes crazy trying to get the city counsel to do somthing about the shark,but still they don't believe him.Then one day at the beach Brody goes insane ,and starts shooting bullets into water the because he thought he saw the shark,but it was only a school of fish.The next day Brody is fired for causing panic on a public beach.After all that Brody reaches his breaking point,and just simpily gives up,that is until he learns that his sons have sneaked out to go sailing with some friends,the mayors son is among them,.Then the action starts as Brody his wife Ellen,and Hendricks,his former deputy turned chief, go out to save the teens,and kill the shark.
I Think this movie was good,yes some parts were a bit stupid,but hey its a sequel.Roy Scheider dose a great job as a man who is powerless to stop the beast because of the mayors love of money. Murry Hamilton also gives a good preformance as the greedy mayor whose only concern is the money,not the people of Amity.I beleive that both Scheider and Hamilton hold this film together in it's weakest moments.Also John Williams score is magnificent,it is ALMOST as good as his score for the original
The writres and director did a nice job too.
In conclusion this film would have done better if it was not expected to be as good as the original.I would recomend it those who enjoyed the first or those just looking for a good movie to watch

Jaws is one of those films that needs no sequel. C'mon, how the hell do you make a sequel to Jaws? The story was told and there's no more to tell! Sequel? The Exorcist fell victim to this as well. Some movies you can make sequels to because you can actually take the story somewhere else. The Terminator's a good example. But when you get a simple open and shut premise like Jaws, the only thing a sequel will do is rehash the plot of the original film in one way or another coz there's no new territory to take a story like Jaws in. Friday The 13th is a good example of this. So, what we get with Jaws 2 is basically the same plot as the first one, so immediately the suspense is down a notch coz you know what to expect. Personally I can't buy the concept of another giant shark invading the same area for no reason. People say it's an offspring of the original shark. Yeah, right. Now I'm sold on it. Kind of like Son Of Dracula, eh? Roy is back and is a saving grace for the film. There's some gruesome shark attacks as well as a few fairly suspenseful ones. The movie isn't THAT bad, it's just unnecessary. It won't kill you to watch it, but you'll be wishing you were watching Jaws.

I am a fan of the "Jaws" series (with the exception of Jaws: The Revenge") and all I can say is "Jaws 2" deserves equal greatness with the original. Although it may not live up to the original (some people say so) it is still excellent to watch over and over again. I liked Chief Martin Brody (once again played by Roy Scheider) in this film because his acting is untouchable. Although this film lacks the greatness of director Steven Spielberg, director Jeannot Swarc did a great job as well. For those who are fans of the franchise, I recommend this to you. Those who hate sequels... I'll pass.

Set four years after the Amity Beach shark attacks in Jaws one, Jaws 2 is a repeat of the original with a few different creative twists. This time around "Bruce" followed in the horror movie villains footsteps like Michael Myers and Leatherface and sought out teenagers for his main coarse. It is definately not as clever and well written as the original, but it is also not a complete and total film disaster. The new restoration is really good on the special edition DVD. If you are a fan of the franchise. If you hate sequals stay away.

To believe that any effort to make a 'Jaws' sequel could compare with the impact of Steven Spielberg's original was a doomed notion even in 1978: the original was and is a cinematic classic of the highest order (despite having spent much of the '90s in almost-infinite rerun on the Turner networks), so much so that no sequel would ever have been able to measure up to its legacy. What happened basically is this: Universal execs saw the budget and schedule for 'Jaws' balloon so badly because of all its production troubles that they told Spielberg he'd never work in Hollywood again, UNTIL the movie was released and broke every box-office record imaginable. As they are wont to do in the face of staggering profit, these moneymongers quickly turned keel and told Spielberg they were behind him 100 percent the whole time and they wanted to know when he was planning to start shooting 'Jaws 2'. Spielberg, being smart, said 'No thanks', so the execs decided to go ahead with 'Jaws 2' without him. BIG mistake.
Thankfully, though, producers Richard Zanuck and David Brown remained in charge of things, and got the highly-underrated director Jeannot Szwarc to try to pick up the pieces, even going so far as to re-enlist the incomparable John Williams to score the film. The end result is a sequel that is essentially the 'Jurassic Park 2' of its day - critically landblasted, commercially eschewed, yet despite its dramatic idiosyncracies and the impossibility of competing with the original film, proves to be an entertaining follow-up nonetheless.
Much of the original cast returns, save Richard Dreyfuss (who, like Spielberg, was smart enough to know when to pass) and Robert Shaw (who, apart from his character being killed in the original, had himself died of a heart attack in 1978). But Roy Scheider's return is the saving grace here, as now he's given new dimensions to his character: his growing spite toward his wife's boss, his desperation in trying to prove that a new shark has arrived despite a more skeptical public this time around (since sharks rarely attack the same place twice, you can't really blame them). The acting remains solid in 'Jaws 2' - Murray Hamilton's character is a refreshing surprise, still just as disbelieving yet he can't help but be a little sympathetic for Brody this time - and remains that way even during the straining final hour of the film when Szwarc has to resort to the all-out terror of having the teenage daysailers menaced by the monolithic maneater.
Then there's the whole aspect of the shark itself. Since there's only so many times you can have a different giant shark attack the same island, the movie stretches its premise to the maximum level of plausibility. The shark's feats this time around are, to say the least, improbable - outrunning a speedboat and being able to sink a mini-copter, in particular - but Szwarc captures them on film quite well, and their absurdity pales in comparison to what we get in the last two entries in the series. And Szwarc and screenwriters Carl Gottlieb (returning from the original) and Howard Sackler (who contributed to the original but turned down screen credit) send their shark out in a death scene that has much more panache than the 'shoot-the-scuba-tank-stuck-in-its-mouth' gag.
'Jaws 2' has its bland and silly moments, but if you loved the suspense of the original, then this entry in the series is about the only follow-up that you might find truly worth your time and money.

After the blockbuster, record breaking success of the original Jaws, it would seem any sequel would be doomed to failure. Well, this sequel made quite a bit of money for the studio, however critics bashed it left and right.
Let's look at the most obvious reason. Without Dreyfuss and Shaw, we are left with Schieder and a bunch of teenagers who are barely able to act (with the exception of Keith Gordon later of "Dressed to Kill").
Next: the story. The town is still not capable of believing Schieder's shark alert after the events of the first film? Also, there is a lot of unnecessary filler, like the dedication of the new hotel. The script also picks at Sheriff Brody, making him a drunk when he's under pressure.
The saving grace of the film is the abundance of effects. The director wisely realized that since his actors are weak, he must shift focus onto the shark, which is seen a lot more in part 2. The shark is scarred by a fire early on in the film. It's as if producers wanted us to know this is a different shark than the one used in the first film.
The film is basically geared toward a younger audience. There is less blood, less dialogue, and more action.
Jaws 2 can't touch the original, but it's far better than the countless imitations that followed.