# Jaws 2 (1978)

> A traumatized island police chief battles public denial and a new great white shark stalking Amity’s beaches and waters.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/460

## Facts

- Runtime: 117 min
- Genres: Horror, Thriller
- Director: Jeannot Szwarc
- Cast: Roy Scheider, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Joseph Mascolo, Jeffrey Kramer, Collin Wilcox Paxton, Ann Dusenberry, Mark Gruner
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077766/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: tense, foreboding, paranoid, classic horror night, shark movie marathon

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