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.
挺好的片子，各种致敬，kirk居然也出镜了
亮点是没有扯上太多青少年的sex，暴力之类的，缺点是缺乏对人内在的表现而整个过程过于肤浅，沦为美国青少年的过家家。
故事还是美式校园青春片的老套路，但光是片中的经典金属乐和一个接一个金属元素就很令人兴奋了。主创团队强大，包括权游编剧D.B. Weiss（还亲自参与主题曲的作词）和音乐总监RATM的Tom Morello，还不要忽略原声音乐制作Ramin Djawadi，“War Pigs”大提琴版很容易联想起他在西部世界里贡献的令人难忘的“Wicked Games”。Kirk Hammet, Scoot Ian, Rob Halford和Tom Morello客串出镜也很惊喜，男主长得好像Soony Moore(Skrillex)啊，尤其是剃掉半边头的发型。
好中二啊哈哈哈哈 但是本质还是个烂俗青春片么 好在主角都很可爱很好玩 重金属就是个小小噱头 而且我真的欣赏不来诶 最喜欢在床上拥抱那里～你不是个错误～你是完美的～
在这个荒唐的日子口，看了一部关于自由的电影。“自由的代价是什么？everything！”
鼓手打的不错，那套鼓也不错，国内奔着十万以上走吧，主唱片尾的那段solo挺好，然而除上述之外，片子不再有其它出彩的地方。音乐总体一般，完全比不了“重金属囧途”，故事很硬，还选了高中生作人物，整部片子不温不火，没多大意思，音乐也没多大意思。
被重金属的标签骗了，实际上是非常无聊的校园剧。
威胁白人至上的白人也得死，好讽刺
隐约感觉贝斯手又一次被黑（Tom Morello和Kirk Hammet 竟然都跑来客串了
黑人有自己治理的能力，“自不量力”的白人总是捣乱
虽然和其他青春片套路近似，但明显高出一个档次
长发男二极管，男主汪峰造型，除了女主可可爱爱。但是演出的时候我要哭了，我太想live了呜呜呜呜呜呜
重金属大提琴太灵了吧！比起skullfucker，skullflower更适合这三个中二少年嘛！
青春校园题材看得开心还是满开心的，但是也未免。。。太正能量宅男幻想了吧，宛若一个鼓手界的纽特。。。
感觉好久没遇到美式校园题材的电影了。然后选了这一部，本以为套着重金属音乐能有个不一样的套路，最后还是很失望的，就还是原来的套路，玩乐队，友情闹掰，谈恋爱，重拾友情，舞台绽放。
也就落一个道具比国产摇滚乐主题电影强 其他全方位拉跨
除了音乐种类小众外，每次这样内容故事都差不多剧情。。
因为家庭原因造就的狂热的金属少年，人畜无害的爆裂鼓手，易冲动的大提琴手。这个组合在一起总会擦出不一样的火花。在流行乐和现象级乐队充斥的环境里金属乐显得是那样的格格不入，但是金属精神就是要打碎这一切的偏见和轻视，用实力去征服他们。
What's the cost of freedom
我爱爆米花！爆米花爱我！忙完一天真的需要这种爽片来套路一下自己疲惫的身体。长发男主真的好像鲁妮·玛拉我全程出戏。。。
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