Wednesday, 30 May 2012

Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the cinema


Jaws 2 (1978)

Directed by Jeannot Szwarc this sequel to the classic shark film stars Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton. Police Chief Brody and a bunch of teenagers are once again menaced by a shark during the summer season on Amity Island.

Taking a turn in to much more traditional horror film clichés this film relies on a bunch of teenagers as the bait and it makes the adult protagonist seem pretty out of place. After having saved the town from one super shark you have to wonder why again the local politicians do not want to believe Brody, the only explanation seems to be because that was what they did in the first film. Despite being Universal's most expensive film to date the special effects on the shark and the dead whale that washes up are not that great either.

2/5

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