"Jaws 2" (1978)

As far as sequels to "Jaws" are concerned, I really don't know why this film gets all the crap that it gets, I mean has everyone forgoten about "Jaws 3D", "Jaws : The Revenge" or even the unoficial sequal "Jaws 5 : Cruel Jaws"?

Yet "Jaws 2" still gets a load of crap from people, what did i think of the movie, as far as Jaws Sequals go this is actually not too bad, it is actually rather entertaining, however yes i will say that there are problems with the movie.

For the most part the characters are not too bad, the cheif is the best character of the whole movie, mainly because he was a character in the first movie and seeing what he goes through having to deal with another shark problem, I thought was rather interesting.

The mayor and all the people who work at City hall in the movie are all just as closed minded and arogant as in the first movie, all just putting the whole idea of another killer shark out of their mind.

The teenagers in the movie are definatly the worst characters, most of them are not really all that interesting and are just there really

Some of the acting in the movie hoever wasn't that good, most of the people did a fairly good job but it was mainly the teenagers that I had a problem with, for example, the guy who plays cheifs son was the worst actor in the movie, mainly because he under acted and didn't really put alot of effort in, later in the movie also alot of the teenaged actors started to over act a fair bit, mainly when the shark was attacking but, my god, they went a bit far.

As far as the plot is concerned its not too complex really, another shark is terrorising the local community and the cheif from the first movie is clearly trying to put an end to the problem before it goes too far and so he doesn't wind up with more people dead and reliving the horrific events of the previous shark problem. The plot is not really a re hash of the first movie, it does build on characters and rather than it just being an all out hunt for the shark, in this case its more of a battle for survival (if you want a re hash of the first movie watch "Jaws 5").

There is a fair amount of filler between the 30 minute mark and the 60 minute mark, not a whole lot goes on there (bar maybe one shark attack), it does drag a little but when stuff happens it is awesome and the final hour of the movie is awesome.

The special effects are actually really good, maybe not as good as the first movie but still very good for a 70's shark movie.

I will say that the original film, didn't really need a sequal, the way it ended it didn't really need to go anywhere else, if u have seen the first one the second one really is not essential viewing, however if it's a sequal that you want then this is the one to go for.

Yeah sure "Jaws 2" has some flaws but overall, for a sequal to "Jaws" it was actually not too bad and rather entertaining, not great but an okay film.

***/*****

Worth watching, although I will say, not neccaserry.