Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
Collin Wilcox Paxton
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- TriviaThe movie's tagline "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water . . . ", became one of the most famous and popular taglines in motion picture history. The blurb has frequently been spoofed and referenced in both social vernacular and in other movie promotions as well.
- GoofsWhen the kids are lifting the unconscious Mike Brody out of the water and the shark swims past the side of the boat, the main pneumatic piston in its mouth can be seen, and the mouth gets all bent out of shape when running alongside the boat.
- Quotes
Martin Brody: But I'm telling you, and I'm telling everybody at this table that that's a shark! And I know what a shark looks like, because I've seen one up close. And you'd better do something about this one, because I don't intend to go through that hell again!
- Alternate versionsTwo additional scenes were shot but cut from the final version. These are not included as part of the "deleted scenes" on the DVD releases, however were originally included in '80s Brazilian TV broadcasts and their first-generation CIC VHS. These scenes involve Hendricks and Red taking Tom Andrews and his partner out to the missing divers' cruiser, where they dive on the wreck of the Orca and recover the divers' camera. This scene takes place after the montage of the kids going day sailing (which ends with Doug being hit with the water balloon). Following this is the scene in Brody's office where Phil Fogarty complains about the kid's radio. Extended dialogue and interaction with the other irate townspeople present follows, including Brody conversing with (a recast) Polly.
- ConnectionsEdited into Cruel Jaws (1995)
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A lot of people come under the misconception that only Jaws is good while all the sequels are bad but that's not entirely true. Of course Jaws 3D and Jaws the Revenge are the ones you should definitely avoid at all costs but Jaws 2 is the one that gets under-looked and unfairly rated because of the bad rep the later sequels did. I assure you all, Jaws 2 is nothing like those said bad sequels films, in fact this film is actually as enjoyable as it's preceding film.
Like a proper sequel should do it directly continues from where the first film left off with most of the same characters returning including main protagonist Police Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider), he is just an excellent main character, it wouldn't be a Jaws film without him who has the unfortunate task of dealing with another man eating shark that is terrorising the sea of this island resort town of Amity. Although the film starts off slow but as more of the film gets going the better it becomes. I loved the moments when the shark kills the victims like a horror villain should.
Now of course Jaws 2 may not match up to the original film but at least the people who made this film actually tried to make a good film with a decent story. I enjoyed it and I highly recommend it, it's one of the many underrated sequels that should be given a chance.
Like a proper sequel should do it directly continues from where the first film left off with most of the same characters returning including main protagonist Police Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider), he is just an excellent main character, it wouldn't be a Jaws film without him who has the unfortunate task of dealing with another man eating shark that is terrorising the sea of this island resort town of Amity. Although the film starts off slow but as more of the film gets going the better it becomes. I loved the moments when the shark kills the victims like a horror villain should.
Now of course Jaws 2 may not match up to the original film but at least the people who made this film actually tried to make a good film with a decent story. I enjoyed it and I highly recommend it, it's one of the many underrated sequels that should be given a chance.
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Box office
- Budget
- $20,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $81,766,007
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,866,023
- Jun 18, 1978
- Gross worldwide
- $187,884,007
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