Lorraine Gray repeats her role of Ellen Brody, widow of Chief Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) in this suspenseful sequel starring Michael Caine. After Deputy Sean Brody is killed by a shark off Amity Island, she joins her other son Michael (Lance Guest), a marine biologist, his wife Carla (Karen Young), and their daughter Thea (Judith Barsi) in the Bahamas. There she falls for Hagie (Caine), a carefree pilot, and starts putting her life back together until a Great White threatens Thea, and Ellen knows she has no choice but to face her fear in a final, fatal showdown.