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.
一开始觉得柳乐优弥太帅了啦，不过后续凭借演技还是能带入戏的。老师傅真是德艺双馨，多亏了这位伯乐啦！
虽然影片讲述的是抗美援朝中比较小的一场战役，但整部电影所有演员的张力和爆发力都很到位，张译，章宇实力在线，硬生生把我打动哭了
讲的是在那么一个无名战场中一场无名的战斗，却那么让人心惊。章宇演的刘文武是个有血有肉的汉子，演得真好！最后一次点名时，泪目了…
微缩战役，比去年那部重复三方视角的金刚川好多了。
要搬上大荧幕把它拍的不简单真不是一件简单的事
影帝模仿到位了。成名后回访师匠的那段戏挺好。丨所有歌舞段落直白偏冗长，为何不设计进行信息传达。丨被人笑和逗人笑是有本质区别的，大抵在有没有尊严上。丨鲸
⋯⋯⋯這倒模倒的？？？？這抽搐抽的？？？？這冗長的踢踏舞？？？？這冗長的每一場戲？？⋯⋯⋯阿武粉絲完全不接受⋯好吧，老實說不是沒有動人時刻的，後半段和師父有些感情戲是挺好的，但就更生氣了前面拍的這是啥？⋯⋯⋯唉，無聊到我們仨開始討論師父到底更像張譯還是吳剛還是陳漢典了⋯⋯⋯最後有場一鏡在屋裡穿梭的戲，本來可以做得很動人的，配上這動情的歌聲，結果這背影是個啥？？？昏過去了，網飛怎麼那麼小氣巴巴的。
最不北野武的北野武电影，一扫之前电影中的做作和装腔作势，演出了一个有笑有泪的喜剧界师徒故事。果然还是有生活才能动人心，一个讲相声的拍什么黑帮片嘛。师傅深见千三郎的结局让人想起《昭和元禄心中》。铃木保奈美无论居家人妻还是艺伎扮相都那么美，柳乐优弥演得很认真也很做作，第一次get到门胁麦的美，原来是个熟版栗山千明。最后的重回旧梦让人泪目。
张艺谋和陈凯歌拍的片为什么相差甚大呢，狙击手只是作用了一个小场地却拍的让人看的热血沸腾，陈凯歌你永远学不会
讲北野武拜师出师的故事。深见千三郎对北野武来说亦师亦父亦友，表达的感情真挚，导演在一些段落处理甚是催泪感人。
比长津湖好多了。脚板还在，雀雀还在，还雄得起。
以小见大的故事，深深感受到当年战争的惨烈，有这样一部电影在贺岁档挺棒的，老谋子的出品很稳，章宇的表演很棒。
最后去送别师傅那一段，拍的最棒，有笑有泪的好电影。
轻、快、简、明（但是——面瘫是在其时年47岁的摩托车祸导致，并非片中自打年轻就有；至于僵硬的特效化妆，堪称诡异）。
同为抗美援朝题材，与《长津湖》的大场面不同，张导主要着力于小，掐头去尾大约70分钟时间全部展现这场与美军的狙击战，悬念重生高潮迭起，张导整体的节奏把握到位，把几位新演员的表演调教的真实可信，张译首尾现身，章宇演的尤其出彩，几场戏处理的感人肺腑，张艺谋导演以72岁高龄再次证明，他还是中国最优秀的导演之一。
中规中矩吧，没啥惊喜，除了柳乐优弥演得那一举一动实在太像了
喜欢师徒俩用搞笑的方式来调侃操蛋生活的方式，有点鼓舞人。
还是掉了很多眼泪。但是敌方部分是不是拍得有些弱智了。
除了子弹时间特效不行以为，我觉得电影完成度很高，没有喊口号，但是有真情实感
致敬中国的英烈。老谋子在这个年龄还有如此的创作欲望和能力也同样让人敬佩（2022-13）
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