A simple concept goes a long way. A great-white shark goes on the rampage at a small holiday resort and 3 men try to kill it. But this toothy terror looks like a rubber bath toy. Ok. Bit of a problem. But all the other Jaws sequels had the same problem except for the third sequel. The sequels are bad. Very bad. Jaws 2: OK. Jaws 3-D: Poor. Jaws: the revenge: Terrible!!!!!!!!!!! But this has the scariest touch yet it is also the most subtle, proving that subtlety is key to total scaryness, rather than ridicoulous amounts of blood and gore and brief tension. For most of the film, we don't see the shark, so the first image of the shark is pretty scary. The film is gory in some ways, yet it goes not go over the top.
Very scary movie! Though it loses its scary touc slightly if you watch the film again and again. The film is filled with decent performances and also a nice side serving of thrilling scenes, particuarly the climax. A decent script as well, most notably Quint's (Robert Shaw) speech about a histrorical event. The characters aren't the greatest yet they are likable heroes (except for Quint).
The highest grossing film of 1975 and Steven Speilberg's highest rated film on rotten tomatoes (100%. Well deserved) the movie's success is well deserved. It truly is!
So over all verdict is: Amazing, really scary, excellently directed, exciting groundbreaking 1970s horror thriller. Five stars out of 5.
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