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.
截止2022年2月1日，豆瓣有2787人标记看过。1镜头晃的头晕。2有几处动作设计不错，比如在箱子下开枪打腿，然后横蹿出去击毙。3敌人也太多了，源源不绝。4美军看守基地也太脆弱了吧。
一镜到底的拍摄手法还是蛮好的，尤其战斗场面
一镜到底尤其在场面戏里更加具有真实感，道具反应点设置和渲染还是过于简单，主要的看点混战场面有点太干净了
一个镜头1小时05分。这场面调度能力可以和1917比试比试了，资金不足才没能有更大场面吧。很爽的电影！ 呃，除了两场徒手格斗有点拉胯……
只见过说中文蹦英文的，第一次见说英文蹦中文的。吴彦祖牛🐮
剧情还是可以的，看完让我想起一句话：“又菜又爱玩”，哈哈！
我是来看斯科特阿金斯的，但这个连中国网大都不如。一镜到底有个毛用啊，还是伪的。
淹没在海浪中的迈阿密相当的美，无论是故事的设定，还是演员都蛮不错的，浓浓的诺兰家族气息，细节到位。可是奇怪的是，这些都凑到一起，就没有那么精彩了。
虽然有点假，跟红蓝pk似的，不过爆米花电影看个热闹还是不错的~
这么强的主角光环，这么多的现场漏洞，那么多的1vN，太弱化匪徒了，居然评分这么高，我也是服了，真实战场上早就挂了，给高分的都是些什么人，，，
思念某个人就是人生的一部分，不经历这种悲伤，就无法体会甜蜜。
Clutch or Kick！男主真厲害。就是鏡頭搖得太厲害了。
一向觉得无论那种摄影方式和技巧，都是服务于故事本身，一旦重点聚焦于一镜到底的动作片如何厉害，那可想而知，作品的故事本身是如何的不咋样，何况动作戏也挺拉跨的。
真糟糕，战术战略完全不讲胡乱biu，圣母女表+无头苍蝇反派，看似严密的黑军事监狱轻松被攻破，小钢炮都没一发，重机枪都没一挺，突突突还没哔哔哔的话字儿多...阿金斯你上点心行不，好歹也算是个腕儿了，挑片子把眼睛擦亮点好伐...
淹没在海浪中的迈阿密相当的美，无论是故事的设定，还是演员都蛮不错的，浓浓的诺兰家族气息，细节到位。可是奇怪的是，这些都凑到一起，就没有那么精彩了。
比较让人奇怪的就是恐怖分子干打打不完 一波又一波地来 一个美军重犯基地上面感觉根本没有几个有战斗力的兵 可能是因为美军都驻守在其他国家呢 分配不过来了 恐怖分子和美军高层估计都是反社会人格 否则真干不出这些没人性的事
笨拙到极致的枪战，看得出来演员是想模仿硬核战争电影里的战术动作，但东施效颦，持枪动作之类的学得就是不像。各个人物蠢得只会站桩输出，道具更经不起推敲，没有防弹衣，即使穿了防弹衣里面看上去也没有插板。战斗中军方这边守点甚至没有一个丢手雷烟雾弹的，亏得还是marine，Seal，PMC级别的武装。倒是恐怖分子晓得扔雷，他们随便凑几块铁板军用步枪弹都打不穿，要按这烂片的搞法，特警都不需要防暴盾牌了，防弹能力还不如废铁板。剧情已经可以不用讨论了，估计也只能拿【一镜到底】之类的概念忽悠文青了。
NB，枪战戏一镜到底，枪械和射击动作很专业，虽然没什么大特效，看得出成本不高，但是场景布置，行动线路都很有范儿，游戏感很强，故事简单，突发事件，节奏感不错，看得爽，再说一次，NB！有一些缺点，反派NPC有的比较傻，结局高潮没出来，还有这英文原名起的不错，one shot
基本没什么故事内容，就像是一局吃鸡游戏，战队组排，三个队友都挂了以后，斯科特·阿金斯独狼吃鸡带走犯人。作为低成本的影片，没有特点终将成为流沙，所以影片走了个技术流，“一镜到底”+斯科特·阿金斯的动作虽不难看，终究还是形式大于内容。大量的手持跟拍也注定了会让一些人视觉不适，又会让一些人称赞不已，内容上的空洞也让影片成了斯科特·阿金斯的动作表演和枪战形成的无脑爽片，但是又不那么爽。资金不足带来的粗糙感，也没有《1917》那种沉浸式的感受，虽然如此，影片的一镜模式在紧张的气氛渲染，节奏的把控，人员的调度，流利的动作设计上还是可圈可点的。特别是那个做人肉炸弹的小哥演技炸裂……
一镜到底的意义到底是什么？主视角让人看着很不舒服。
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