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.
整体很不错的末世风格，杀手迟暮，最终自食其果，社会是有黑暗面的，但很多地方法律无法涉及。
畫風最初看有點不習慣，但算漸入佳境，而且內核頗有舊攻殼味道。這個電影版剪接上做到取捨得宜。
和剧没什么大差别，动作设计上还是生硬了点。
WTF is this crap.
我觉得这部也很好啊，虽然故事很简单，但人性很深刻。
木偶似的3D动画人物，加上通俗易懂的剧情怎么看都不像是攻壳机动队了。
前半很不错，引人入胜。结尾莫名其妙，不知道这个故事想表达啥…中间以为要开始讲封闭村落里岛民扭曲的群体意识，错位的地域正义之类的话题，结果好像也没怎么讲。最后突然落到个人的扭曲上了…就莫名其妙的。一些情节感觉也有问题…在日本这种社会里，老公犯了大事，村子那五个亿肯定也拿不到了吧，村民对黑木华竟然没有翻脸如翻书？反正就是到头来不知道想表达啥…
年初看到推上铺天盖地的预告，还以为是夏日重现+大逃杀like，结果前半就是一股犯罪西部片的味道，虽然跟宣传预想不太一样，但还是蛮出乎意料的。但确实比起智斗悬疑，更像是掺杂政治元素的犯罪片，中段岛民与男主纷纷合作，只为了保留下男主这全村的希望，结果一回头自家妻子就在劝说“要不要离开这个地方”，就有种之前某部回到中东老家变国王的美剧的调调，用日式岛民乡土做这样的尝试还蛮不错的，虽然看到后半段才意识到他们没有什么特别的乡音。但可惜最后还是有点崩盘，反转来反转去，悬疑与温情元素就好像一边在批判着、又一边在赞颂着这种微妙的传统良序一样，就还是太乱了，表达相互撕扯。不过不知道为什么觉得很适合引进。3.5归4。
连姆大叔老了，明显力不从心了，动作尬出一身汗，大美女也有抬头纹了，唏嘘…
这是什么兄友弟恭剧情，我华妹最近客串的电影着实有点多…
以为是《飓风营救》一样的动作大片，却不成是今日说法，但结尾又反转，还是挺不错的
电影前面的氛围营造的不错，但后劲不足，后面的剧情基本没什么悬疑性，更像是人际情感作品，因为一共就那几个人，死的最后就只剩俩人了，那么发短信的人其实就已经很明确了，本来以为后面还会有什么反转，比如短信是男主发的，但最后似乎很平淡的结束了，一切都在预料之中，并没有什么亮眼的地方
讲述亚历克斯·刘易斯（连姆·尼森 饰）是一位以谨慎精准著称的刺客专家。亚历克斯在拒绝完成一个危险的犯罪组织的任务后，他成为了被刺杀的目标，他必须去追杀那些想要他死的人。美国联邦调查局资深探员文森特·塞拉（盖·皮尔斯 饰）、琳达·阿米斯蒂
被国家忽视的偏僻小岛。排外的岛民。被振兴“责任”压垮的人们。面对转机时的冲突角力。用日式岛民乡土做这样的尝试还蛮不错的，虽然看到后半段才意识到他们没有什么特别的乡音。
bug多到让人火大，莫名其妙，枉费好cast
你也有错，我也有错，但嫉妒心是万万要不得的。喜欢这种日本片，慢悠悠的又很温情，对这样的小岛生活更是十分向往～
此类犯罪片，还是韩国拍起来更棒。处中的环境有点像《金南福杀人始末》
故事讲述的是一个快失忆的以精准刺杀著称的杀手，拒绝了刺杀小女孩的任务。。。。转而成为被刺杀的目标~且看他如何在失忆前完成绝地反击。。。
这个3D的水平，我咋觉得比几年前的最终幻想要差一大截
三星给剧，一星给阵容。其实题材和背景都很好，但可惜格局没能打开
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