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''Jaws 2'' (or ''Jaws II'') is a 1978 American thriller film and the first sequel to Steven Spielberg's ''Jaws'' (1975), and the second installment in the ''Jaws'' film franchise. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc, it stars Roy Scheider as Police Chief Martin Brody, who must deal with another great white shark terrorizing the waters of Amity Island, a fictional seaside resort, with Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton reprising their respective roles as Martin's wife Ellen Brody and mayor Larry Vaughn. Like the first film, the production of ''Jaws 2'' was troubled. The original director, John D. Hancock, proved to be unsuitable for an action film and was replaced by Szwarc.〔''The Making of Jaws 2'', ''Jaws 2'' DVD, Written, directed and produced by Laurent Bouzereau〕 Scheider, who only reprised his role to end a contractual issue with Universal, was also unhappy during production and had several heated exchanges with Szwarc. ''Jaws 2'' was briefly the highest-grossing sequel in history until ''The Empire Strikes Back'' was released in 1980. The film's tagline, "Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water...," has become one of the most famous in film history and has been parodied and homaged several times. ''Jaws 2'' is widely considered the best ''Jaws'' sequel. ''Jaws 2'' was followed by ''Jaws 3-D'' and ''Jaws: The Revenge'', released in 1983 and 1987, respectively. ==Plot== Prior to a new hotel opening on Amity Island, an enormous great white shark ambushes two divers who are photographing the wreck of the ''Orca'', the late Quint's boat. A couple of days later, their camera is recovered, and the shark goes after a water skier and speedboat driver, devouring the former while the latter fends off the shark using a gas tank and flare gun, causing the boat to explode, which kills her and severely burns the shark's face. Along with these disappearances, a killer whale bearing large wounds is beached. Police Chief Martin Brody believes these events are the work of a shark. Brody explains his concerns to Mayor Larry Vaughn, who doubts the town has another shark problem. Later, Brody finds the destroyed speedboat in the surf just off the beach. When he retrieves it, he uncovers the boat driver's burnt remains. The following day, at the beach, Brody sees a dark shadow that approaches the swimmers. Thinking it is a shark, he orders everyone out of the water and causes a panic by firing his gun. He is humiliated when the shadow is revealed to be a school of bluefish, making people think he's insane. However, Brody's fears are confirmed when he acquires a close-up picture of the shark from the diver's camera. The selectmen and local developer Len Peterson deny the evidence and fire Brody because of the beach incident. The next morning, Brody's teenage son Mike sneaks out to go sailing with his friends after his girlfriend Jackie Peters goads him to, but his younger brother Sean catches him, and forces Mike to let him come. After an argument at the dock, Marge, one of Mike's numerous teenage friends, playfully takes Sean off his hands, and on their way, the group passes a team of divers, led by instructor Tom Andrews. Moments after going underwater, Tom encounters the shark. Panicking, he rushes to the surface, causing an embolism. Soon after, the shark hits teenagers Tina Wilcox and Eddie Marchand; Eddie falls in the water and is killed by the shark. Brody and his wife Ellen follow an ambulance to the docks, where they find Tom as he is put on a stretcher; the divers suspect something scared him underwater. Deputy Len Hendricks, Brody's replacement, tells them Mike went sailing with his friends, so Brody takes the police boat to rescue them, accompanied by Ellen and Hendricks. When they find Tina's boat, she is hiding in the bow and fearfully mentions the shark's presence. Hendricks and Ellen take Tina to shore, where the truth is revealed, while Brody goes on to find the kids. Meanwhile, the shark attacks the other kids, hitting one of their boats and causing most of them to capsize and crash into each other in the ensuing panic, throwing several of them, including Mike and Sean, in the water. Mike narrowly avoids being eaten; two of his friends save him and head back to get help. Sean and the other teens remain adrift on the wreckage of tangled boats. A Coast Guard marine helicopter that Brody contacted arrives to tow them to shore. Before the pilot can tow them, the shark sinks the chopper, and then knocks Sean into the water, but Marge gives her life to save him from the shark. Brody runs into Mike, who tells his father that Sean is with the others, drifting towards Cable Junction, a small island housing an electrical relay station, and apologizes for not knowing about the shark. Brody quickly finds them, but when the shark reappears, he panics and steers the police boat onto Cable Junction. He then tries to pull them with a winch but snags an underwater power cable. The shark's next attack sends most of the teenagers into the water, and they swim to Cable Junction while Sean and Jackie are trapped on the boats. Using an inflatable raft, Brody hits the power cable with an oar to attract the shark and encourages it to bite the power cable; the shark is fatally electrocuted. The kids rejoice as Brody picks up Sean and Jackie and they join them on Cable Junction to await rescue. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jaws 2」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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