Police chief Brody must protect the citizens of Amity after a second monstrous shark begins terrorizing the waters.
Acting
Roy Scheider carrying this whole operation on his back
Practical Effects
The exploding boat stunt remains genuinely impressive
Direction
Szwarc aping Spielberg's style with competent desperation
Director
Jeannot Szwarc
Roy Scheider
Police Chief Martin Brody
Lorraine Gary
Ellen Brody
Murray Hamilton
Mayor Larry Vaughn
Joseph Mascolo
Len Peterson
Jeffrey Kramer
Hendricks
Collin Wilcox Paxton
Dr. Lureen Elkins
Ann Dusenberry
Tina Wilcox
Mark Gruner
Mike Brody
Barry Coe
Tom Andrews
Donna Wilkes
Jackie Peters
John Dukakis
Paul 'Polo' Loman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Roy Scheider only returned after Universal threatened to breach his contract; his visible misery somehow improves the performance.
This film essentially invented the 'sequel opens with familiar animal attack, reveals it's not THE shark' trope later beaten to death by horror franchises.
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