Review of Jaws 2 (1978) by Allan C — 02 Sep 2017

Nowhere in the same league as the original film, but it still works as an effective simple minded nature-gone-wild film. Roy Scheider returns as Chief Brody and so does composer John Williams, but the film is lacking Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss, so this film is sadly missing that entertaining three-way character dynamic, but most of all, the film is missing Steven Spielberg, who brought an unbelievable amount of tension and suspense to what is arguably the greatest nature-gone-wild film of all-time.

However, in defense of "Jaws 2," if you compare it to something like the slickly made recent shark attack film "The Shallows," I have to say this film's shark sequences are far and away more effective.

I believe it's because even though the shark in "Jaws 2" is clearly a mechanical prop, seeing something physical attacking the characters on open water is much more visceral of an experience than watching a CGI shark attacking Blake Lively.

Overall, this is a satisfying enough of a thriller with a pretty exciting climax, even if it's nowhere as good as the original (although it's far better than parts 3 and 4).