Andie's Rating: The shark's back and he's hungry for teenagers!!!
Andie's Review: Okay, I know the Jaws franchise got a little out of hand (Jaws 4: This time it's personal?) but I happen to like the second one a lot. I think it's funny and entertaining, plus it's just cool that there's all these teenagers running around getting eaten.

The basic idea is that Brody is still chief of police of Amity Island and the shark comes back. Of course, nobody believes Brody AGAIN (you'd think these stupid islanders would learn the first time) and more people get chomped. This time, though, Brody's son Michael (who got really cute) is out sailing around with a bunch of friends during the big climax.

Some of the highlights include when a water skiier bites it (or I should say gets bitten), when Brody gets drunk after being fired, and when there is an unfortunate accident involving a rescue helicopter for the teenagers.

In no way does this movie even compare with the first one. It's not Spielberg and it's not scary, but I find it a fun movie to watch sometimes just for mindless entertainment.

Kyle's Rating: not the worst out of the four, but it’s close
Kyle's Review: Let’s face it, people. The original Jaws is fantastic, a film for the ages that will always be cool. Its sequels leave something very much to be desired, and despite the inherent coolness a film will have simply by revolving around a killer shark, the Jaws sequels are heinous.

Jaws 2 is often on cable. It’s one of those movies that I won’t really set aside time to watch, but if I end up near the television and I need it on to keep the noise-fearing poltergeists that live in my SoCal home away, and the only things of interest on are Jaws 2, a Dynasty marathon and whatever they show on this country music channel I get, then I might turn Jaws 2 on. But it would sure be a tough decision.

Let’s see. It’s still Amity, Roy Scheider is still the chief of police, and once again a killer shark is running rampant and no one in charge believes him. I guess they forgot the last time. But if Roy could handle that last big scary shark, I bet he can handle this one on his own. There are some kids in jeopardy and stuff, and it’s all on the ocean and they don’t really talk about how these stranded kids avoid sunburn, which I would like to know about because I hate having to lather on all this sunscreen and if there is a better way let me know! But I digress. Jaws 2 isn’t quite as bad as using a soup ladle to scoop out your own eyeballs and boiling them, but if you’re at the video store trying to decide if you should rent Jaws 2 for a night of entertainment, I would suggest considering midnight basketball or a few hours of humming instead of Jaws 2. Rent the original with no qualms, but fear the sequels. Fear them!

Didja Notice?
The guy who plays the mayor's henchman is Joe Mascolo, which doesn't mean much unless you watch Days of Our Lives. On Days, he plays the Stefano DiMera, the man who gets resurrected more times than Jason from Friday the 13th.
When Hendricks leaves Brody's house after consoling him for being fired, Ellen calls him by his real name (Jeff) and not his character's name.

The Movie Store!
Jaws 2: Movie [VHS]

Intermission!
I learned all sorts of stuff from this movie, like the latin name for Great White Shark is Carcaridan Carcarius.

Groovy Quotes:

Michael: I'm just not crazy about blind dates.
Andy: Oh, they're okay if they got little white canes and tin cups.

[teenagers are leaving for sailing]
Ed: I thought you said she was coming with us.
Larry: Yeah, well, she's not, okay?
Ed: Do you wanna talk about it?
Larry: Do you wanna swim home?

If you liked this movie, try these:
Jaws
Deep Blue Sea
Alien