Jaws 2

Jaws 2

Ushering in the age of the inferior sequel, Jaws 2 was essentially a license to print money. Indeed, the film did very well despite blatantly replicating the plot of Steven Spielberg's original, though to lesser effect. Roy Scheider returns as Martin Brody, sheriff of the small island town of Amity. Just as the beachside resort is rebounding from the previous movie's shark attacks, another great white is snacking on divers and water-skiers. Naturally, the town fathers don't want to confront reality and choose to proceed with a lucrative sailing regatta, resulting in a grisly loss of life. Besides the fact that director Jeannot Szwarc takes an impersonal, workaday approach to the film, Jaws 2 manages to be both stylistically flat and openly cynical about its commercial intentions. Of chief interest here is Scheider's performance, which wisely reflects the emotional fallout from Brody's last trauma in his obsessive behavior here. --Tom Keogh

Genre: Horror, Thriller
Director(s): Jeannot Szwarc
Production: MCA Universal Home Video
 
IMDB:
5.7
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
57%
PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Year:
1978
117
4,882 Views
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... tagline written by Andrew Kuehn ("Andrew Kuehn, 66, Innovator In the Movie Trailer Industry," The New York Times, February 3, 2004)
tagline written by Andrew Kuehn ("Andrew Kuehn, 66, Innovator In the Movie Trailer Industry," The New York Times, February 3, 2004)
One good bite deserves another!
The legend continues.
[from trailers] In all the vast and unknown depths of the ocean, how could there have been only one?
[from trailers] After the sensational return of Jaws to the screen, what could possibly be more terrifying than Jaws 2?

Brody:
[meeting up with Mayor Vaughn at the town hall] Larry. Larry, wait a minute.

Mayor Vaughn:
[entering the town hall accompanied by Brody] I'm showing summer rentals. I think we have a hell of a good season going for us.

Brody:
That's swell, Larry, but I have to talk to you alone.

Mayor Vaughn:
We're alone.

Brody:
[turns around to face Mayor Vaughn] I think we may have another shark problem.

Mayor Vaughn:
[slightly alarmed] Are you serious?

Brody:
You bet I'm serious. I've got a half-eaten whale on the beach. I've got two persons missing. This whale has got a bite out of it about this big.

Mayor Vaughn:
Martin, no one has seen a shark. Be realistic.

Brody:
I think the selectmen should know about it. I know it's just a feeling, but you've got to understand. [they enter the office] Larry, for Christ sakes, I not only have this attack, but I've got, I've got two water-skiers--

Mayor Vaughn:
A tragedy, but a boating accident. No fin, no shark. Nothing but a boating accident.

Brody:
But they're both still missing.

Mayor Vaughn:
We have a lot of deaths in these waters that never turn up. Are they all shark victims?

Brody:
Maybe they are.

Mayor Vaughn:
Oh, bullshit.

Brody:
Bullshit? Is it bullshit, I got a whale on the beach with a bite in it this big?

Mayor Vaughn:
What am I, an ass? When you called me, I called Elkins and her bosses. Nothing she saw is proof of anything.

Brody:
So that means we're not gonna do anything, huh?

Mayor Vaughn:
Martin, don't press it this time. Well, I've... got to get back to work.

Brody:
Okay. Okay, Larry, but you just remember this conversation. You just remember it! [leaves the office]

Brody:
[showing an underwater photo] What are you talking about? Look at this. That's a shark. Look at the outline. Look at the mouth, the eyes.

Len Peterson:
Is that what it is? Sorry, I just don't see it.

Mrs. Taft:
Neither do I. It's nothing.

Mayor Vaughn:
Martin, it could be anything.

Brody:
Wait a minute. Are you people telling me I don't know what a shark looks like?

Len Peterson:
Brody, this is nothing. Seaweed, mud, something in the lens.

Brody:
Lens, my ass!

Len Peterson:
You're damn right it's your ass!

Mayor Vaughn:
Now be reasonable, please.

Brody:
Reasonable, what, with him?

Len Peterson:
Goddamn it, will you listen to the man? Will you just listen to him? "Be reasonable." Look, Brody, you started a panic on a public beach. You shot up the damn place. God knows who you could've injured. What if somebody decides to sue us? Did you ever stop to think about that? It could ruin us.

Brody:
You don't have to worry about being sued or being ruined. If this turns out to be what I think it is, because there won't be anybody here.

Mayor Vaughn:
Now, Martin, let's not--

Brody:
Let's not what, Larry? What?

Len Peterson:
Oh, Jesus, Larry, come on. Let's just forget it. He won't listen. It's obvious the man has made up his mind.

Brody:
You bet your life I've made up my mind. 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 better do something about this one, because I don't intend to go through that hell again!

[Len scowls at Brody before shamefully looking at his notes]

Mayor Vaughn:
Martin, could you wait here for a minute?

Brody:
[angrily] For what?

Mayor Vaughn:
[calmly] Please, just have a seat... While we look at the picture and make up our own minds.

Brody:
[slightly calm] All right. I'll have a seat, for what it's worth.

Mayor Vaughn:
Thank you. Gentlemen, please. [Harry Wiseman, Mr. Posner, and Mrs. Taft pick up their notes and adjourn to the mayor's office. Len Peterson scowls at Brody again for a few seconds before getting up and going into the mayor's office as well; Mayor Vaughn follows him inside and closes the door.]

Doug:
[pumping up his boat as the shark watches from below] Mr. Christian! Mr. Christian! Pump up this boat! And shave off that dreadful mustache! England expects every man to do his duty! You may fire when ready, Quigley! Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead! This will be our finest hour. [he fills up his boat with too much air and it bursts] Oh, sh*t! [Mike, Jackie, and Andy laugh]

Andy:
Hey, Bligh, someone pop your balloon?

Doug:
It's no problem, no problem. [the shark surfaces and goes right for Doug's boat] You sail your boat and I'll sail mine, OK? [the shark hits Doug's boat, knocking him into the water; the group screams. Doug swims as fast as he can to Mike's boat and barely gets on; the shark then starts attacking it, causing everyone to panic]

Mike:
Balance the boat! [Mike hits his head on the hurt; the boat capsizes, sending Mike, Jackie, Doug, and Andy into the water]

Bob:
[as the shark swims around the boats] It's all right, it's all right!

Polo:
Watch out! Marge! [the shark swims directly in front of Marge and Sean, causing them both to panic]

Lucy:
Kevin, do something!

Marge:
[she attempts to make a sharp turn, causing the boat to tip over and Sean to fall in the water] Sean! [she jumps in after him]

Patrick:
Timmy! Brooke! [his and Lucy's boat crashes into Timmy's, knocking him in the water]

Brooke:
[as the shark disappears] Timmy, swim!

Bob:
Where is it? Where is it? Get me out of here, Larry!

Larry Vaughn Jr.:
I'm gonna get you outta here, don't worry!

Brooke:
Larry, turn, turn, turn!!!

Doug:
[Larry and Bob crash into Mike's boat] Goddamn!

Andy:
Sh*t! [Marge pulls Sean up onto her overturned boat while Polo helps Timmy into his boat]


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