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.
几乎一致的故事脉络吊打哑巴寻妻记（没错就是《Mute》）。可好莱坞怎么还是沉浸在这种宏大背景下的普通情爱故事？情节和人设走向毫无新奇之处，丝毫没有被你们的爱情打动啊亲。不过末世海景+复古爵士的视效和两位出色的女主真的大饱眼福。同意短评男主更适合基努，已经代入Constantine脑补了，休叔完全不适合谈情说爱。
导演你怎么敢不停穿插老版的画面啊，现在的基努里维斯和年轻时的他对比惨烈的有点辛酸，和中年失业的直男炫耀自己大学拿校园辩论大赛冠军的辉煌旧照一样辛酸，文戏混乱我还可以归因自己的理解不行或者字幕问题，打戏露怯到这个地步连合格的爆米花都配不上，亚裔女主像袁咏仪
“Neo你还能飞得起来么？” “不用了 我老婆带我飞”
be like：我说我不想拍 你们非要我拍 我… 我… （靠甜乔拯救的颜狗一枚
ps：查导还客串了一把崔妮蒂老公，约翰威克再厉害也不敢惹导演。
好评 那就是瞧不起窝桌司机姐妹了（catrix还不错
主要老三部曲我也没有像别人那样特别的感受和喜欢，这部的官方吐槽最为致命…不管导演想不想拍，华纳总要拍的…至于剧情和内容么，大家开心就好，反派和墨菲斯的演员没回归有点遗憾
有悬疑有爱情有豪门恩怨有科幻还有休杰克曼，还要啥？
6.5/10 分。初看，蓝光。中规中矩的片子，没啥亮点，也没啥特别的槽点。。。丽贝卡·弗格森，83年的妹子，就好像大妈一样了，皮肤也太差了吧。7年前的《碟中谍5》里远没有如今这么显老。欧美女人太不质保了。吴彦祖演了个配角，演技还是有的，就是没事飚一个普通话词语是啥鸟意思。。。“人人都有自己的时光机器，把我们带到过去的是回忆，带到未来的是梦想”。。。
不看觉得少点什么……去电影院看觉得浪费钱……在电脑上看觉得浪费时间……全程如坐针毡……如鲠在喉……如芒在背……几度想要删除不看……但是还是忍住了……千万不要拍五了……脑壳痛……看得我昏昏欲睡，却又不想快进……看完就觉得浪费生命……浪费感情……浪费那些投资……mmp
7.5/10在未来世界背景下爱情故事，其实很多人宁愿国外爱情记忆里，尽管看着如何不真实。分数过低估计都是吴彦祖缘故。
推荐观赏。金刚狼，碟中谍，西部世界几个主角聚首。未来气候变暖后的新威尼斯场景效果不错。
“Neo你还能飞得起来么？” “不用了 我老婆带我飞”
1、前作剧情忘得干干净净，再看这部属于看了个寂寞，就讲了尼奥如何拯救崔妮蒂？2、二十年前的特效是惊艳，现在看已经有些过时了，自毁经典的事还是咱别做了吧。
最终呈现的就是特效和浮华台词的乱炖。
都快60了啊我的基努，打架靠气功啦，女神还是老样子呜呜呜 最后还是那么潇洒
视觉上严重退步，尤其是打戏部分，真没想到沃卓斯基居然退步到这种程度，不求带来新元素，但连三部曲标志性的炫酷感，也没了，火车部分想起《釜山行》，人肉炮弹坠楼的设计，近有《速度与激情8》、远有沙马兰的《灭顶之灾》，想当年三部曲的“子弹时间”引领潮流，如今却在“拿来”别人的创意，没创意，还没诚意，还有那些泛滥成灾的升格镜头，看吐了。。。尼奥新学了一招发大波技能，先不说有多土，既然之前使用过两次，威力也不小，那最后大战怎么一次没见你用呢，至于尼奥怎么会这项技能的，没解释，就像崔妮蒂最后怎么就会飞了，也不解释。。。片中数次闪回三部曲的画面，而每次的闪回都在提醒我，和三部曲比起来，本片是有多么的差，我明白你们想卖情怀，但这次翻车翻了。。。。
如果有朝一日《黑暗骑士》系列也来个强行第四部，不知道诺兰导演会作何感想？
我觉得这部片子打7分绝对没问题啊，肯定还是比二和三有趣多了，即使无法超越一的标杆，但考虑到各种壁垒和限制，做成这个样子水平已经很高了，剧本其实也写得挺不错的，各种主题都能有机地呈现，让人有许多回味的机会，可惜动作场面的确拉跨了一点。
狼叔与弗格森终成恋人，这不就是《马戏之王》未来版番外篇么？但除了场景美术比较漂亮外，设定陈旧、剧情稀烂、导演技巧几乎为零，浪费演员浪费钱，把吴彦祖请来客串一个大佬，还全程露腹肌，果然是女导演。
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