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.
全程几乎没废话，劈里啪啦打得很爽，这就够了。
4.0➕ 继年初的《拆弹专家2》之后很惊喜地又看到一部让人入迷的港片 事实证明老一辈香港导演的经验还是摆着的 正如其他人所言 这可能是今年最成功的华语商业电影（以前还不觉得谢霆锋帅 这部直接把我征服了）最后 致敬陈木胜导演
陳木勝 的遺作，也沒啥好說的，優點和缺陷都很突出，規規矩矩的港片套路，演員陣容倒是很亮眼，除了秦嵐這個花瓶。
首先港式警匪片套路永远不会让你失望，然后因为疫情看了个包场，万达4D厅座位三个一联，自动识别有没有坐人，是啥效果呢？就是
打戏好看！谢霆锋骑着摩托和甄子丹开车打斗那场戏，有想法。最后两人对决的戏也蛮硬汉，今后恐怕很长时间也不会看到这么干净利落的打戏了。然而也就这样了。
核心的东西和拆弹2很相似，如果看IMAX很多镜头挺带劲的，三星可以有呢
粤语早场，从头打到尾，拳拳到肉场面高燃，没有明显bug，敖的角色复杂多面，包括他的人物转折全都展现出来。面对人生重大选择时，我该怎么办？这个只有当事人自己最清楚。感谢导演在生命的最后带来这样一部纯正的港片。致敬用生命在拍戏的陈导！
三颗星都给顶级帅哥老谢了，40岁还这么型还越来越能打。至于故事、人物、台词，非常可惜，一如既往的扁平、形式化，香港这类警匪片在故事和人物上这几年一直没有突破，甚至没有以前那么癫狂和浪漫了。
开局老套得我觉得要完了，但从公子吃药开始好看了起来！最后一战居然致敬《杀破狼》，真努力。谢霆锋帅得无法无天，请再多多演戏吧！
陈木胜的最后一步 对上一世代港片的全面总结 也是对《冲锋队之怒火街头》的一次怀旧
新瓶旧酒，打斗犀利，很多俯拍镜头特别有好感。3.6星
我是警察，惩恶锄奸是我唯一的信条，纵使权贵们以权相私，我也不愿高抬贵手，因为我们喝的不是同一杯茶；
港版小丑，帅则帅了，但魅力到帅就停了，没了狂娟。而且情节设计的有问题，这不能叫冤狱啊……
7.3分，武戏和《杀破狼》《导火线》是一个水准上的，文戏真的太薄弱。先不谈论电影中谢霆锋的所做所为到底算不算“灰色″吧，许多台词设计的很出戏，有的人被人痛打了还声嘶力竭地喊"你要干什么″，这不废话，杀你呀。看到戴面具就说开party，什么道理？还有公子杀女友的那段对话，全剧中最没有逻辑的一段台词，完全是赶剧情。
虽然谢霆锋在耍帅，但他娘的真的太帅了！！！！
电影三星，一星悼念已逝的陈导。和去年的拆弹专家2一样的兵被迫变匪的套路，但这个故事相比通过悬念叠加和层层嵌套把剧情玩儿出花来的前者，实在简单粗暴许多。好在陈导在最后一作中毫无保留的交出了自己在动作戏调度上所有的拿手货，不出意外的话商场袭击，夜闯毒窝和教堂决战将是本年度最喜欢的动作戏份。以及终于见到甄子丹在武指栏署了自己的名字。听闻本来有两本待拍，除了这部成品外还有一部深入南美丛林激战毒枭的剧情，但现在林岭东、陈木胜相继离世，若那本真能成行，能驾驭相似题材的人除邱礼涛之外实在也想不出其他人选了。
片尾的幕后怀念陈木胜导演，温文尔雅的样子信心满满地指导着最近爆的动作场面。可惜行活儿写出来的文本实在太一般了。好像所有主角警察探长的老婆都会在怀孕挺着大肚子上班的时候遇到自己丈夫的多年的宿敌。
一直觉得陈木胜是香港类型片导演的一个切面 工整、匠气 一个导演的灵性决定他的上限不可能会像徐老怪那样刁钻 不会像杜sir那样阴沉 也不会跟麦庄那样探讨人性探到哲学高度 但是类型片导演往往扎实、稳健 这决定了他们的下限——出品永远有保障 而香港电影就是在大量的类型片问世堆叠出的质量高度 于是终成一些经典 而经典之下满满是这些也可圈可点的作品 而陈导的溘然离去也是一个令人心痛的标志；一位支柱的倒下对这个已经摇摇欲坠的行业无疑是雪上加霜 只是身处晚秋 凛冬的第一场雪何时落下？我们谁也不知道。
是港片熟悉的味道，所以也会完成度不高。这次的问题是强行推进剧情，以及最后有点混乱忘记自己要说什么了。谢霆锋的反派没有那么好，甄子丹的正面人物演技更逊色一筹。甄子丹角色是前后逻辑谬误不敢承担责任，谢霆锋角色是为自己失败找借口，无论走哪个路口都可能面临同样死胡同。总体来说，爹味浓厚。与此对应的，就是女人彻底沦为NPC，秦岚是工具人，女警察是点缀，一个未露面的未婚妻阿晴被杀掉了连个辩解露脸的机会都不给。
主线就出现了四个女角色，一个香港警匪片男主同款娇妻（被劫持了），一个警员（组里出任务第一个负伤），一个小三（被绑架了），一个捞女（被抛尸了）。哦，还有个没露面的，她不嫁杀人犯，然后被杀人犯杀掉了——女演员现状
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