Jaws
The original and best version of the horror film series featuring a monstrous mechanical great white shark. It is decades old but holds up in part – largely due to young Steven Spielberg genius for creating drama, humor, suspense and grisly scenes. The film captures you from the opening scene where a swimming girl is bitten by something and pulled back and forth through the water. She frightfully holds onto a buoy as something pulls her down into the dark water. Then there is the perfect casting of the team that goes after the monster: Police Chief Brody (Roy Scheider), Ocean Scientist 'Hooper' (Richard Dreyfuss), and 'Quint' (Robert Shaw) a WWII veteran and fisherman. This trio will have you laughing and cheering them onto win. The perfect scene of the film is when after a long battle with the shark the three are down below comparing battle scars. Then Quint tells the horrifying story of sinking on US Indianapolis and while waiting for days for rescue many of the sailors are eaten by sharks. After his story ends the group breaks out in sailors songs only to be interrupted by the monster shark ramming the boat. I recommend watching this film again in 30th anniversary re-mastered format - in the dark – but not before swimming.
5 Stars
Jaws II
You lose Spielberg directing, Robert Shaw, and Richard Dreyfuss and even though you have Scheider as Chief Brody, the plot focuses on beach teens who are not much in the acting department. This version is only good to watch if you need your monster shark and retro bathing suits fix.
2.0 Stars
Jaws III
Terrible special effects, directing and acting.
0 Stars
Jaws IV
Actual footage from the first film is intertwined into this fourth chapter. Lorraine Gary returns as Ellen Brody - but she's a widow now. Ellen loses a family member to a shark attack and heads down to Caribbean to be with her son and family. She is followed by the shark monster. Joining the cast is none other than Michael Caine, playing Hoagie, a British seaplane pilot with jolly stories and a fancy for the widow Brody. 80's actor Mario Van Peebles is on board as well. There are some scary scenes but the revenge bit is a bit hard to chew. However if you love the original – you may enjoy the nostalgia of the original film in this version.
3 Stars
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