5/5 There's a New Fish in the Pond
  by Nancy Sherburne (Tucson, Arizona, USA)
Poor unwilling Brody tackles an even bigger great white in Jaws 2, without any help from Hooper or Quint. His motivation is his two sons Sean and Michael, who go daysailing with a group of young islanders and get into a terrifying situation only their dad can get them and the others out of. I enjoyed Jaws, but I liked Jaws 2 better. It has more upbeat music and colorful sails on the boats. Roy Scheider again plays Brody but with a new fish to deal with. Lorraine Gary again plays his wife while Murray Hamilton again appears as the reluctant mayor. Even though Steven Spielberg was not the director, the action moved very nicely with plenty of heart-stopping moments. The movie may not scare viewers as much as Jaws did, but I feel it is a worthy sequel to the original blockbuster.



3/5 The best Jaws sequel.
  by Danny (South Philly)
From the director of a few episodes of Kojak and Baretta, plus the Academy Award winning masterpiece Supergirl, comes Jaws 2. Just when you thought it was safe to go back to a guaranteed profit...

Jaws 2 is arguably the second best shark movie ever made. I know that's a bold statement considering the brilliance of Jaws 4 and Deep Blue Sea, but just hear me out: it's better than Jaws 4 and Deep Blue Sea! It's even better than Jaws 3. In fact, the only flaw Jaws 2 has is that the shark doesn't get beat up by dolphins. If they could only combine the dude with the afro from Jaws 2 and the dolphins from Jaws 3, plus Jaws 3's cutting edge special effects, the banana boat from Jaws 4 and Samuel L. Jackson from Deep Blue Sea, we'd have the perfect movie! But, alas, Hollywood wants to be greedy. So all we have here is a watchable follow-up to one of the greatest blockbusters of all time.

Once again, the Brody family doesn't want to stay out of the water, so, naturally, a shark comes and eats everybody. Only this time, instead of attacking naked girls and Alex Kintner, it's developed an appetite for cheap looking boats. The first half of the movie is a little draggy, but the pace really picks up once Michael and his stupid friends go out sailing. While none of these people are as cool as Robert Shaw, at least we get a cool helicopter attack and the dude with the afro throwing verbal abuse at little Brody, who's stranded on a capsized boat.

While I wouldn't call this a "flat" movie, it lacks the flow of Spielberg's original. The style is fairly typical of a late 70s flick. But, hey, it's fun to watch. As a kid, I didn't care which Jaws movie was on TV, as long as it was one of the first two. Things haven't changed.

Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton reprise their roles from the first movie, which somehow provides Jaws 2 with a little more class. John Williams also returns to compose part two of one of his signature scores. It's also worth noting that while this DVD goes for cheap and advertises itself as simply "Jaws 2 - Widescreen," the special features are fairly impressive. Kudos to Universal for actually giving this release some attention.

4/5 very good but lacks creativity
  by Mark Gould
the movie itself is very good i think it is worth buying, the only thing thought is that some parts of it copy the origanal jaw,like.....

1, when the girl finds the dead whale, this was like when they found the arm
2, agian, the mare refewses to beleave there is a shark attack
3, the time is the same ( it is during the nearing of 4th of july)

but this is still a great movie and i love it

2/5 Tolerably Watchable
  by D. Reed (Elkton, MD USA)
I know I said only one a week but I had to post this review as soon as I finished "Jaws: The Revenge" because I know I'm gonna get a lot of hate mail for this. This film isn't even measurable to the third film! The acting is great; Scheider is very believable in his paranoia of the shark and his anger when the council doesn't agree with him. The story is great (I know this film is technically a rehash of the first film but at least it doesn't have a rehashed, copout ending like Richard Donner's Cut of "Superman II" but that's another review for another day), and the music was great (it's John Williams, would you expect anything less?). The action & dramatic scenes were great; the helicopter scene and the shocking ending (sorry for the horrible pun) and this is neither dramatic or action oriented but I like the subtle reference to the non-Jaws rip-off, "Orca: The Killer Whale". And heck even the shark looked great! I'm pretty sure you're wondering when I'm going to get to why I don't care for this movie compared to the supposedly bad fourth film. Well if you haven't read my review for that one, I'll fill you in on what ruined this movie and its one word: (dramatic pause) TEENAGERS!!! Did we really need them, besides Brody's kids? OK, a girlfriend and two, three friends tops for Michael would've been fine but at least it could've made their scenes watchable! The only reason teenagers were even included in the script, from what I've observed and researched anyway, was because of the then rising popularity of the slasher film (Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween particular) They're given way too much screen time and I was begging that the shark was going to eat more of them. Yes, it was sad when the girl who saved Sean's life got devoured right in front of the poor boy's eyes but one heroic act is not enough for me to give this a favorable review. I already don't like kid actors and after this movie, now I have to add teen actors to the list (the ones from Power Rangers don't count, they were pretty much in their twenties anyway).

5/5 "A Worthy Sequel To A Blockbuster!
  by Terry Richard (Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada)
"Jaws 2" is probably the best sequel in movie history. Although not the classic like the original "Jaws", this film proved that people still wanted to be scared of the water three years after its predecessor shook up the boxoffice. "Jaws 2" would be one of the top 25 biggest movies of all-time for over twenty years, a fact that many fans and critics fail to remember.
Steven Speilberg could not be persuaded to direct the film, but Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, and Murray Hamilton reprise their roles as another great white shark wrecks havok on a summer-time resort. The script is not as strong as the original, but there are some scenes that will scare you, especially the scene in which the shark attacks a helicopter, and the scene in which a woman is attacked in her boat. The ending is a great finale, nearly as good as the original.
"Jaws 2" had the best marketing campaign for a film when it was released in the summer of 1978: "just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water!".
The DVD is full of bonuses, including "The Making of Jaws 2 Documentary", deleted scenes, trailers, and more.