While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.
Sometime later, following his recovery, Creighton returns to Omaha, Nebraska and plans the construction of a telegraph line from Omaha to Salt Lake City, Utah. Facing considerable opposition to the line from Confederate soldiers, Indians, and outlaws, Creighton elicits the help of his sister Sue (Virginia Gilmore), foreman Pat Grogan (Minor Watson), and assistant Homer Kettle (Chill Wills).
Looking to put his outlaw past behind him, Shaw arrives at Creighton's Western Union office looking for honest work and is hired as a scout by Grogan who is unaware of his past. Creighton recognizes him among the men and allows him to stay despite his suspicions. Creighton also hires tenderfoot Richard Blake (Robert Young), a Harvard-educated engineer as a favor to Blake's father. Shaw and Blake are both attracted to Sue and vie for her attention, but their romantic rivalry is cut short when construction of the telegraph line starts on July 4, 1861.
After work commences on the line, one of the men is killed apparently by a mysterious band of cattle-rustling Indians. Unconvinced that Indians are to blame, Shaw rides out to investigate and follows the rustlers' trail to the camp of Jack Slade, a former friend and cohort, whose gang committed the killing disguised as Indians—the gang Shaw left following his last bank robbery. Slade reveals that they are working for the Confederacy to disrupt Western Union because they believe the telegraph service will help the Union. Shaw rides away and returns to the line. Not wanting to turn in his former friends, Shaw tells Creighton that a large band of Dakota Indians stole the cattle, and recommends that they simply replace the herd and not risk a fight with the Indians.
Sometime later, a confrontation takes place between men working on the forward line and a band of drunken Indians. When one of the Indians tries to steal some equipment, a nervous Blake shoots him, ignoring Shaw's order to remain calm. After word arrives that the main camp is under attack by other Indians, the Western Union men rush back to help with the defense. At the main camp, Slade's men, who are again disguised as Indians, steal the Western Union horses. The company discover the ruse when one of the wounded Indians turns out to be a white man. Forced to buy back their stolen horses from Slade, Creighton becomes suspicious of Shaw's involvement, especially when he admits to knowing the gang.
Soon the U.S. Army arrives and announces the Indians have now refused to allow the telegraph lines to go through their territory in response to Blake's shooting of the drunken Indian. Creighton, Shaw, and Blake ride out to convince Chief Spotted Horse to allow them to build the line through Indian territory, even though the man Blake wounded was Spotted Horse's son. Creighton is finally able to persuade the Indians to allow them passage, and work continues until the company approaches Salt Lake City.
Sometime later, Shaw receives word that Jack Slade wants to meet with him. On the way to see Slade, Shaw is captured and bound by Slade's men. Slade says his group is going to burn down the Western Union camp and they don't want Shaw to interfere. After Slade and his men ride off, Shaw escapes from his ropes but arrives back too late to prevent the fire. He helps rescue some of the Western Union men from the flames and burns his hands in the process.
After the fire, Creighton confronts Shaw for an explanation, but Shaw does not reveal what he knows and is fired by Creighton. As Shaw leaves the camp, he tells Blake that Slade is actually Shaw's brother and that he, Shaw, will find Slade's gang and stop them from interfering with the telegraph project. Shaw rides off and finds Slade and his men in a nearby town. At the barber shop, Shaw confronts his brother, whose gun is concealed under the barber's sheet. Slade shoots Shaw through the sheet. Shaw fights back in spite of his wound, killing some of the gang members, and then dies. Blake arrives and continues the fight with Slade who dies from his wounds. Soon after, the Western Union line is completed and the workers celebrate. When Sue laments the absence of Shaw, Creighton tells her that Shaw can hear them.
啥？什么？danny是唯一坏人，圣母变最大赢家？
合格的商业片，开局半小时就开始抓人眼球，紧张刺激，警匪片该有的都有了，不要去想什么教育意义，或者什么拍片逻辑，真要什么所谓的合情合理的话，估计就剩纪实片能看了。对普通观众来讲，电影好坏很简单，要么看睡着，或者根本看不下去。要么抓住观众的心，有欲望一直看完。这类电影本就是放松心情的。对比一些国内网络电影都能上三星，这个可以值得四星。
悲剧降临的家庭睡一觉安稳也是奢侈，生命交换的勋章连一粒病毒也无法抵挡。镜头在城市建筑和枪火来往中漂移，义气在童年碎片和成人世界中散尽。儿时钻进遗弃的车厢亦能坚不可摧，如今躲进密封的铁皮却满是漏洞，黑白皮肤从未将亲情割裂，团圆结局却要以血色祭奠。明明是你再次将枪口对准了手足，在诀别时他却唯有对你说出抱歉。
5.8分是怎么打出来的？看的时候不跟着紧张吗？不好看吗？怎么了这是？
136分钟19秒 23.976fps 流媒体WEB
警察的封堵策略看不懂。
以前看别人说晃的电影我没感觉，但这部真是要晃吐，导演牛逼
1. 运镜上的华丽自不必说，加之剪辑上刻意制造的“混乱”（例如莫名其妙就来个空中旋转下坠），反而造就了一种前所未见的奇妙氛围；2. 故事节奏如同飙车，我怀疑这个剧本原本得有180页，影片像是直接帮你摁了二倍速，完全不等人；
但是作为类型片确实好嗑，无脑爽就完了
看完了Everything 回家感觉闷闷的不爽，于是踩一个油门又去看了贝老师的新作。我发现还是这电影适合我我俗套的品味，就着鸡柳和比脸还大桶的可乐太香了，除了镜头晃得让我想吐之外，我被彻底的娱乐到了。高速追车中从肚子里取子弹的剧情离谱到笑疯。jake的反派很癫狂，yahya真的好帅，期待他成为下个十年的动作英雄。贝老师向自己致敬数次。大特写下的女主飘逸的秀发，煽情的音乐，贝老师的九十年代好像从来没离开过。就一个吐槽，LA高速车流这么稀疏你逗我的吗？
爆炸贝镜头功力依然还是一流，什么才是艺术就是爆炸💥
难得重头戏不在抢银行，重点放到逃跑交通工具救护车上，剧情节奏快，
非常典型的卖拷贝动作片，节奏非常快，电影院看非常刺激！
这三点在其他类型里可能都算缺点，唯独动作片里我认为不算，尤其是事到如今的动作片。给人新鲜感，给人感官刺激，做到这些比想象中可难多了。
疫情期间影院最佳好莱坞动作片，比超英化的素鸡好一个人之怒，小成本拍出了足足两个多小时的紧张感，设置的救护车追车戏也有点意思。时长可以稍微缩减个十五分钟，中间有一段剪辑很奇怪不知道是删减了还是啥，有一些剧情会让人皱眉，但主角人设立住了文戏也算过关了，这么低分估计大部分看的都是盗版吧。最后为爆炸贝启用冈萨雷斯这样的尤物但全片把她包进两斤厚的急救服点赞
为什么没标签了？美国电影 犯罪 爆炸贝专注制造肾上腺素，不过这一部爆炸少了，但是镜头更晃了…拉人入伙的时候晃可以说是制造不安感。但后面几乎一直在晃就不舒服了，话说现如今拍电影都要用穿越机了么…虽说快速移动的俯视角我还是挺喜欢的~片子的结局以美国片来说也是相当正确了…犯罪者伏法，起码也算是达成了一个最初的目标…不过个人还是更喜欢罗汉系列那种智力型的犯罪片…
砸车爆炸依然得心应手的卖拷贝，深知自己再也拍不出第二部《勇闯夺命岛》，于是自信摆烂，快乐地玩起了无人机～
三星半，给LA的硬核情书。老吉值得信赖的点在于，即便是爆米花角色，也是层次最丰富的那一个。倒是卖拷贝，废镜头多到给人一种“妈妈我终于有无人机了”的幼稚感
一星半不进，故事顶多能看，但麦克尔贝的摆烂让人眼睛疼，生理疼的那种。
好。。。。。。。长。电影院看应该挺爽的。
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