Review – Jaws 2

I guess after the first big-ass shark movie the studio felt like they needed to get a sequel into theaters as quickly as possible. That would explain why they’d release a film with this many continuity errors and other technical slip-ups. Sure, they got some of the original cast members back (notable absences include Richard Dreyfus and Robert Shaw, though of course Shaw’s twin excuses were that his character died in the original and the actor himself passed on in the interim between movies). Sloppy work and weak script aside, this flick’s most serious failing is the rubber fish, which they set ablaze early on. I suppose the burn scars were supposed to make it look scarier, but ultimately they just make it look even more fakey. Roy Scheider does his best, but in the end even he can’t save this one from the ranks of the mediocre thriller. Mildly amusing