Jaws 2

"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water..."

1978 1h 57m EN

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6.0

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56%

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5.8

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★6.0TMDB · 2,195🥫56%Rotten Tomatoes●51Metacritic★5.8IMDB · 92,017

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Synopsis

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Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.

“Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...”

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Cast

Roy Scheider
Police Chief Martin Brody
Lorraine Gary
Ellen Brody
Murray Hamilton
Mayor Larry Vaughn
Joseph Mascolo
Len Peterson
Jeffrey Kramer
Hendricks
Collin Wilcox Paxton
Dr. Lureen Elkins
Ann Dusenberry
Tina Wilcox
Mark Gruner
Mike Brody

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jeannot Szwarc
Writers: Carl Gottlieb, Howard Sackler, Peter Benchley
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Made its money back 9.4× over at the box office.

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2 / 8

ERA

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48 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Jaws Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jeannot Szwarc, shot by Michael C. Butler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by John Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Steve Potter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jeannot Szwarc directs. Michael C. Butler behind the camera. John Williams scores. Steve Potter cuts. Made its budget back several times over at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Made its money back 9.4× over at the box office.
248 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Jaws Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Jeannot Szwarc, shot by Michael C. Butler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by John Williams. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Steve Potter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...".
9IMDB entry: tt0077766 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 21 themes, including "dying and death", "rescue", "island", "panic".

The technical file

Cinematography: Michael C. Butler
Original score: John Williams
Editing: Steve Potter
Production design: Joe Alves
Costume design: Bill Jobe
Makeup / hair: Philip Leto
Stunt coordinator: Ted Grossman
Runtime: 117 min · 1h 57m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $187,884,000
Return: 939% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG
IMDB: Jaws 2 (1978)
Rotten Tomatoes: 56% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 51/100
IMDB rating: 5.8/10 · 92,017 votes
MPAA: PG

Part of

Jaws Collection

The classic horror films about a great white shark that’s been attacking people off the coast of New England and bringing terror to their beach vacations. The first film was a major box-office success bringing in almost 500 million world wide and spawning the blockbuster movie phenomena and three sequels.

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Ian Beale2017-02-13
★ 10/10
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 and adding even more depth to the Brody story. The camerawork is extremely stylish - some great gliding point of view shots. John Williams outdoes his work in the original movie with his Jaws 2 score. The film feels more brutal than the original and leads to a nerve shredding climax. A great counterpart to Jaws (1975). - Ian Beale
JPV8522020-07-25
★ 7/10
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
quasar19672020-09-01
★ 8/10
just as good as the original, if not better