Let's be realistic.

I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

As with many sequels to classic films, 'Jaws 2' is a big disappointment. Everything that made the first film so special is missing from the sequel. It's flat, slow, lacking in ideas and originality, and the tension just isn't on the same level as the first film. The storyline was never going to be as good, but I still expected something a lot better. It feels very safe and uninspired, in contrast to the original which took so many risks.You can't help but judge this film against its predecessor, which is probably why it has so many negative votes. Judging it on its own merits, it's certainly not a bad film and is still quite enjoyable. Obviously when a film is a huge success, as 'Jaws' was, a sequel is inevitable, but given how unique and memorable the original was, subsequent films weren't really necessary. 'Jaws 2', while not bad in its own right, isn't good enough to justify a sequel.

If I were going to offer just a brief summary of this movie, it would be simple: if you've seen "Jaws" then you've seen "Jaws 2." I've seen "Jaws" and I quite enjoyed it. But watching this first sequel was a bit of a letdown. It's not that it's particularly a bad movie. It's not. But it's just the same story, tweaked in a few places, but in substance the same. There's a giant great white shark off the coast of Amity Island attacking people. Police Chief Brody (played once again by Roy Scheider) realizes this and tries to get the town to take action to protect people and the town refuses, leaving Brody to eventually have to hunt down the shark. (And I do have to say that the climax to the final confrontation seemed somewhat less than believable.) In any event, it's OK, and Scheider slipped easily back into the role of Brody. But for all its similarities to "Jaws" and in spite of the fact that it's OK, I really have to knock this sequel down several points from the score of 8 that I gave the original. Basically, there are three reasons for doing so:(1) The sheer lack of originality hurts this. It's pretty much predictable all the way through. Sure, as I said, the story is tweaked here and there - but basically you know what's going to happen; you know where this is heading. It's not a "thrilling" or frightening movie the way the original was.(2) The absence of Richard Dreyfuss was unfortunate. It was understandable. Apparently he was busy with "Close Encounters Of The Third Kind" while "Jaws 2" was being shot. But I really liked his character of Matt Hooper in the original. He partnered with Scheider well, and Brody and Hooper were complementary characters. Hooper gets mentioned in this sequel. Brody's wife (played by Lorraine Gray) is shown talking to him on the phone, finding out that he's in Antarctica and unable to return to help her husband out.)(3) I'd make the same observation about the absence of Steven Spielberg as director - who was unable to take part in this for the same reason as Dreyfuss. His directing was missed. He had a crisp style about him and put together not only a frightening movie but a well paced and very interesting movie. Jeannot Szwarc is a good director, but to me didn't seem to quite capture the right feel for this. The pacing seemed off. He didn't seem to have as sure a hand on the genre.Having seen this, I'm honestly not sure that I wouldn't have been better off just re-watching the original. (4/10)

This first of several un-needed sequels is just a re-working of the original shark flick.Brody tries to save a group of rotten teenagers after almost two hours of filler wherein somebody gets devoured by the mad fish every time an imposed-upon good samaritan throws them a line in an attempt to save their sorry butts.Most of this film is a mirror of scenes in Jaws 1 leading up to when Brody has an ace up his sleeve as the shark swims towards him for the final blow; this time it's not an oxygen tank, but an underwater electric cable that contributes to the angry mammal's demise.2 stars only.... one each for pretty Ann Dusenberry and Donna Wilkes. See Donna in 'Fyre' (1979). What a nice small set of boobs as she goes topless. Ann also shows her young rack in 'Basic Training' (1985).I bet Mom and Dad were real proud of these two little fame-n-fortune hunters who would both do ANYTHING to be a 'star'! Like when Donna shows her breasts, snorts cocaine, and makes out with another chick in 'Fyre'. And where are they both now? Pffft.

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).