Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Mandeep Tyson The acting in this movie is really good.

Jerrie It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

Darin One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

areatw As with many sequels to classic films, 'Jaws 2' is a big disappointment. Everything that made the first film so special is missing from the sequel. It's flat, slow, lacking in ideas and originality, and the tension just isn't on the same level as the first film. The storyline was never going to be as good, but I still expected something a lot better. It feels very safe and uninspired, in contrast to the original which took so many risks.You can't help but judge this film against its predecessor, which is probably why it has so many negative votes. Judging it on its own merits, it's certainly not a bad film and is still quite enjoyable. Obviously when a film is a huge success, as 'Jaws' was, a sequel is inevitable, but given how unique and memorable the original was, subsequent films weren't really necessary. 'Jaws 2', while not bad in its own right, isn't good enough to justify a sequel.

cinemajesty Movie Review: "Jaws 2" (1978)Close-to-be three years after director Steven Spielberg's breakthrough picture "Jaws" (1975) comes this underrated sequel with Roy Scheider (1932-2008) and Lorraine Gary reprising as married couple "Brody" on the fictitious New England island Amity, immigrated from New York City to confront a second Great White Shark of meaner manners by chasing and attacking speed-boats now as teenage summer-dreaming katamarans and a highlighted water-landing helicopter, provoking gas explosions and plains of fire on water with much improved shark effects to an entertaining well-executed sequel by television-approved director Jeannot Szwarc, known nowadays for directing episodes for Fringe (2008-2013) and Grey's Anatomy (2005-2018).Underwater as moody on-location cinematography works along with quality picture production design by Joe Alves, known for been Art Director for Spielberg on-set of "Close Encounter Of The Third Kind" (1977) and directing a forgettable, falling-flat "Jaws 3" (1983) starring Dennis Quaid. Nevertheless with "Jaws 2", we are able to follow the original main character Sheriff Brody under Roy Scheider's charming portrayal of the struggle man in smoke, booze and paranoia, battling the mayor, again performed by match-making actor Murray Hamilton (1923-1986) to confront "The Great White" again; this time alone in shallow waters instead of the "Deep Blue Sea" with friends under a watchful, crying and screaming group of teenagers to fair conclusion of the 1975 smash hit exclusively from Universal Pictures Studios.© 2018 Felix Alexander Dausend (Cinemajesty Entertainments LLC)

Benedito Dias Rodrigues Yesterday l revisited this too long sequel in first time on DVD,even had purchased it almost ten years before,take into account as a sequel and a sole star from the original is quite decent,Jeannot Szwarc made a great effort and trying to do a seemly from previous one,of course the result is predicable in such conditions,but it's watchable after all,the DVD comes with a lot of bonus including the Making of.Resume:First watch: 1988 / How many: 3 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7

a_chinn Nowhere in the same league as the original film, but it still works as an effective simple minded nature-gone-wild film. Roy Scheider returns as Chief Brody and so does composer John Williams, but the film is lacking Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss, so this film is sadly missing that entertaining three-way character dynamic, but most of all, the film is missing Steven Spielberg, who brought an unbelievable amount of tension and suspense to what is arguably the greatest nature-gone-wild film of all-time. However, in defense of "Jaws 2," if you compare it to something like the slickly made recent shark attack film "The Shallows," I have to say this film's shark sequences are far and away more effective. I believe it's because even though the shark in "Jaws 2" is clearly a mechanical prop, seeing something physical attacking the characters on open water is much more visceral of an experience than watching a CGI shark attacking Blake Lively. Overall, this is a satisfying enough of a thriller with a pretty exciting climax, even if it's nowhere as good as the original (although it's far better than parts 3 and 4).