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.
912｜2.5，这不就是《故事会》嘛，完全放弃人物情感之后拍出来的东西，倒也不至于难看，但也没有什么记忆点。老老实实拍故事倒没什么，可导演偏偏又喜欢掺杂一些奇奇怪怪的意象，与此同时故意地把故事讲不清楚，最终结果就是谜语人。这点连《故事会》都不如。
这次不够陷落。不是那个系列。
与其说天怒，不如说人怨。
看着挺牛逼的，但其实看完就觉得没必要。不是不喜欢这部电影，是不喜欢这种高配版的东野圭吾式的小心眼子
看简介以为是中年男的中年危机片，看了之后果然是中年男的中年危机片——我最讨厌的genre。看了一半达到了我的中年白男阈值。
女主太惨了，什么都没做错却得到一个家破人亡的结局，作家妻女的死明明是他老婆有精神病导致的，他却把账算在女主头上，女主被折磨这么久也不想着反击，明面搞不过不会来个同归于尽吗
我只想知道结局到底是啥，谁是真凶？？这个开放结局真的看的有点迷糊。
是天谴，还是人祸？不管怎样，悲剧已经发生…
美丽的、魔法一般的时间，在黎明来临之前随她一起消失。说什么成为社会人以后也可以延续青春的傻话，什么都会结束的，不是吗？爱情终究化作了罐装啤酒的泡沫，推动着自己向前的是不理想的工作，追逐不到“最喜欢”，连“第二喜欢”也是奢求，太阳升起后才看得清要面对的是怎样的人生。PS.结菜的“彼女感”过于完美，近似一场梦幻。
啊。好无聊。从中年危机到异国艳遇到惊险枪战到癌症抑郁，真的好无聊。为啥一定要在墨西哥？这片子又跟墨西哥有卵关系？Eurocentric rich people bullshit，啥东西...还带着Charlotte Gainsbourg，差点忘了她也已经人到中年成了我印象中Jane Birkin的样子了...
小成本警匪片，精简版血溅十三号警署。正派杀手转变说服力不足。摄影冷峻工业风赞，色调构图不错，装逼算适度，枪战尚到位。年度爽片无稽，甚至爽片都谈不上，但在可观堪赏范围内。
Copshop.2021.2160p.AMZN.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.HDR.HEVC-CMRG 动作戏太少了，配乐不错，摄影很棒
前半看的像是MV合集，有点想睡，后面剧情转折出来才稍微有点意思。能感受到编剧和导演想传达的意思，但感觉着实有点慢热，不过整体，尤其是后半还是有点喜欢的，3🌟吧
单动式左轮在UZI面前毫无还手之力。女警和巴特勒也太耐打了，巴特勒居然没穿防弹衣都没死？
这是部空间较小、戏剧性很强的影片，当成舞台剧演也没问题。整体说，故事很集中、流畅，悬疑感也很强，人物个性非常鲜明。黑人女主给人耳目一新之感，虽然有点稚嫩，但挺有气质，比较硬气、勇敢，也有些机智聪明，与大牌一起表演并不逊色。
this is fun! few movies not winking at the audience.
弗兰克·格里罗和杰拉德·巴特勒都是近来混迹于动作片的熟脸，两人同时出现在《警察局》中，影片的风格无需多言，肯定就是一通打打杀杀。
妳给他看的 他摸妳的时候 本可以避开
人家女孩告他性骚扰没有什么错，他杀人全家就叫天怒？啥玩意……而且光悬乎地表示他杀一个又一个，没有证据，逃脱法律，问题咋操作你不表示表示？靠意念吗？
太棒了，《五路追杀令》+《血溅十三号警署》，从头到尾的黑色幽默和极佳的戏剧张力，乔卡纳汉在犯罪片剧本的创作方面就是一个天才，这么多年下来一直保留着浓重的个人风格，他明明比大卫阿耶更聪明，更俏皮，并且更懂人物塑造，却被好莱坞所低估，实在是太可惜了！
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