Jaws 2 ... ," has become one of the most famous in film history and has been parodied and homaged several times. Although "Jaws 2" received mixed reviews, it is generally considered to be the best of the three "Jaws" sequels. The film was followed by "Jaws 3-D" and "", released in 1983 and 1987, respectively. Prior to a new hotel opening on Amity Island, a great white shark ambushes and kills two divers photographing the wreckage of the "Orca". Their camera, which triggered during the attack, is recovered. The shark then kills a female water skier. The driver fends off the
Jaws: The Revenge was based on an earlier draft of that film and was significantly different from the finished film, his "Jaws: The Revenge" novelization sticks fairly close to the final film, although it does contain some extra subplots. The novel contains a subplot in which Hoagie is a government agent and he transports laundered money. The only reference to this in the film is when Michael Brody asks "What do you do when you're not flying people?" to which Hoagie replies, "I deliver laundry." In Searls' novel, the character of Jake is ultimately killed by the shark; Jake was originally supposed to