What is Jaws 2?
{{italic title}} [[File:Der weiße Hai 2 Logo.png|thumb|right|250px|{{Center|The [[logo]] for Jaws 2}}]] '''''Jaws 2''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[Adventure movie|adventure]] [[horror film|horror]] [[thriller (genre)|thriller movie]]. It is the first [[sequel]] to [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Jaws (film)|Jaws]]'' (1975). It was released in 1978.<ref>Joseph McBride, ''Steven Spielberg: A Biography'' (New York: Da Capo Press, 1999), p. 257</ref> It is the second in the ''Jaws'' series of movies. These are based on [[Peter Benchley]]'s Jaws [[novel]] of the same name. [[Movie director|Directed]] by [[Jeannot Szwarc]], Jaws 2 stars [[Roy Scheider]] as [[Chief of police|Police Chief]] Martin Brody.<ref>Diane C. Kachmar, ''Roy Scheider: A Film Biography'' (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2002), pp. 75–76</ref> He has to deal with another [[great white shark]] terrorizing the waters of Amity Island, a [[fictional]] [[seaside resort]]. ''Jaws 2'' was followed by ''[[Jaws 3|Jaws 3-D]]'' (1983) and ''[[Jaws: The Revenge]]'' (released in 1987). == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:1978 horror movies]] [[Category:1978 thriller movies]] [[Category:1978 adventure movies]] [[Category:1970s horror thriller movies]] [[Category:American sequel movies]] [[Category:1970s English-language movies]] [[Category:Jaws movies]] [[Category:Movies based on books]] [[Category:Movies set in Massachusetts]] [[Category:Universal Pictures movies]] [[Category:Movies directed by Jeannot Szwarc]] [[Category:Movies about sharks]] [[Category:Movies set on beaches]] [[Category:Movies set on islands]] {{movie-stub}}