Jaws 2

First things first: How the hell is the mayor from "Jaws" still in office in this sequel? And why didn't he learn anything from the events of the first film? The answer, it seems, is that, at its core, the studio wanted to make the same movie again, only bigger. And Mayor Vaughn (Murray Hamilton) played an important role in Steven Spielberg's masterpiece. Furthermore, the plot is clearly similar in general. Only the number of victims is larger this time. The cast is once again led by Roy Scheider, and although he had no desire to be in the film at all, he does his job pretty well again. For the rest of the cast, this is less true. Instead of Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss, this time we follow a bunch of annoying teenagers. Of course, this is no more interesting than the great chemistry of the trio in the first part. Spielberg is also noticeably missing from the director's chair. The film is competently directed but has nothing special about it. All in all, however, "Jaws 2" is still a solid shark movie. Nonetheless, it fades into obscurity in the shadow of its predecessor.

Jaws 2 gets a bad rep just because it is the sequel to one of the "great", not because it's a particularly bad film. Sure... It is nowhere near the first one in quality, but it IS exciting, and it is better than a lot of the imitations that the phenomenon of Jaws brought. So... in my humble opinion, Jaws 2 deserves some love now and then.