Jaws 2
1978 · Movie · PG · 117 min · ★ 6.0 · 57% critics
Police chief Brody returns to Amity after a second monstrous shark starts terrorizing the island’s waters. When the town won’t believe him, he’s forced to protect citizens and respond as danger closes in around those at sea.
Also known as Jaws II
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Details
- Years
- 1978
- Release date
- 1978-06-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Critic score
- 57/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 (2,117 votes)
- Box office
- $208,000,000
- Budget
- $30,000,000
About
You’ll likely like Jaws 2 if you want another tense shark threat with Brody back in charge and plenty of danger at sea, but Not for you if you can’t handle slow builds or want less focus on teenagers, similar to Open Water.
Pros: shark menace; Roy Scheider return; tense action sequences | Cons: uneven pacing; rerun of disbelief; teens dominate screen time
Themes
- dying and death
- rescue
- island
- panic
- mayor
- shark attack
- police chief
- current
- boat accident
- animal attack
- sailing
- sequel
- +9 more
Cast & crew
Roy Scheider
as Police Chief Martin Brody
Lorraine Gary
as Ellen Brody
Murray Hamilton
as Mayor Larry Vaughn
Joseph Mascolo
as Len Peterson
Jeffrey Kramer
as Hendricks
Collin Wilcox Paxton
as Dr. Lureen Elkins
Ann Dusenberry
as Tina Wilcox
Mark Gruner
as Mike Brody
Barry Coe
as Tom Andrews
- SF
Susan French
as Old Lady
Directed by Jeannot Szwarc