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Jaws 2 (1978)

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Reviews Counted:19

Fresh:11

Rotten:8

Average Rating:5.4/10

Runtime: 1 hr 57 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: Amity police chief Brody discovers that there's more than one fish in the sea--the great white shark he destroyed in the first film has a hungry mate ready to wreak havoc on the community. This... Amity police chief Brody discovers that there's more than one fish in the sea--the great white shark he destroyed in the first film has a hungry mate ready to wreak havoc on the community. This action-packed sequel features the welcome return of Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gary reprising their roles from the original blockbuster that did for ocean beaches what PSYCHO did for showers. [More]

Starring: Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo

Starring: Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo, Jeffrey Kramer, Collin Wilcox, Ann Dusenberry, Mark Gruner, Barry Coe, Susan French, Gary Springer, Donna Wilkes, Gary Dubin, John Dukakis, G. Thomas Dunlop, David Elliott, Marc Gilpin, Keith Gordon, Cindy Grover, Ben Marley, Martha Swatek, Billy Van Zandt, Gigi Vorgan, Jerry Baxter, Jean Ann Coulter

Director: Jeannot Szwarc

Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown
Screenwriter: Carl Gottlieb, Michael Butler
Composer: John Williams

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May 22, 2001

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Reviews for Jaws 2

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3/5

Steve Crum

Rather redundant, rather biting. What, fish again?! Still, not a bad sequel.

comment Comment | Apr., 23 2007 12:19 PM

Video-Reviewmaster.com

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2/5

Jake Euker

No review available.

comment Comment | Feb., 25 2007 08:26 PM

F5 (Wichita, KS)

N/R

Geoff Andrew

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 24 2006 04:11 AM

Time Out

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1/5

Cole Smithey

Roy Scheider is the only redeeming quality of this sequel.

comment Comment | Nov., 06 2005 10:55 AM

ColeSmithey.com

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4/5

Chuck O'Leary

A vastly underrated sequel with plenty of shocks and nail-biting tension. Not quite up to the original, but still loads of fun.

comment Comment | Oct., 21 2005 11:46 AM

Fantastica Daily

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2/5

Emanuel Levy

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 01 2005 11:34 AM

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N/R

Vincent Canby

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 09 2005 03:16 AM

New York Times

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3/5

Angela Baldassarre

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 27 2004 12:00 PM

Sympatico.ca

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1/5

Rebecca Murray

No review available.

comment Comment | Sep., 21 2003 11:23 AM

About.com

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3/5

Brandon Judell

No review available.

comment Comment | Aug., 23 2003 01:21 PM

PopcornQ

tomato
4/5

Clint Morris

Delivers [Nearly] as much as the first

comment Comment | Jul., 11 2003 12:24 AM

Moviehole

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2/5

Brian J. Arthurs

No review available.

comment Comment | Nov., 22 2002 03:24 PM

Beach Reporter (Southern California)

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3/5

Christopher Smith

No review available.

comment Comment | Oct., 11 2002 06:54 AM

Bangor Daily News (Maine)

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1/5

Bob Bloom

The first of three crummy sequels unworthy of the original.

comment Comment | Sep., 08 2002 09:13 PM

Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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2/5

Philip Martin

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 30 2002 11:00 AM

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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4/5

Scott Weinberg

No review available.

comment Comment | Jul., 26 2002 02:33 AM

eFilmCritic.com

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62/100

Brian Webster

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 25 2001 01:01 PM

Apollo Guide

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2.5/4

Bill Chambers

...Jaws 2 hits a qualitative ceiling due to the joint absence of Steven Spielberg and Academy Award-winning editor Verna Fields.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 09 2001 02:49 PM

Film Freak Central

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3/5

Mike Bracken

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Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 23 2001 10:25 AM

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3/4

James Kendrick

the filmmakers did everything they could to breathe new life into the material without forgetting what had made that material work in the first place

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 12 2001 11:08 PM

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