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.
短小精悍，干脆利落，故事简单明了，就是一部爽片，回归动作电影的本质。。。
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……
3.依然磕拉了
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
我感觉在看第一人称视觉的PUBG？主角好像李四
台词太像小说了，让这部商业味稍重的电影显得有些四不像。剧情并不烧脑，设定有点意思，但最后尝试上升到为国为民，就有点虚了。
动作出彩，但剧情一般，尤其是女主莫名就死了
看了二十分钟突然发现这是一部一镜到底的军事动作电影，好家伙，这个拍摄调度可够难的，对演员的体力要求也挺高，本来剧情很简单，但鉴于这种大胆的尝试和动作设计的水准，个人觉得给7.5分，3星半。
吐槽：身体水里泡几十年身体不会烂？吃喝拉撒是怎么解决的？脑子竟然没有烧坏？服装化妆组和吴彦祖有仇吗？打扮好丑，而且领盒饭好快。
这种“一镜到底”的形式有什么意义，反而让电影显得虚假和廉价。
相隔三米的墙角对战，
第一，细节很出彩，作为所谓的小成本，细节做成这样难能可贵；第二，斯科特个人solo那段动作戏酣畅淋漓没有花哨直接干脆；第三，人肉炸弹那个小子演的实在是太真实了；第四，伪一镜，不是真一镜，但依然足够吸引人！一条一星！
其实蛮不错，就是那辆卡车堪比游戏NPC出生点，下来了无数个恐怖分子
剧情逻辑垃圾我先骂，但这镜头！这视角！这潜行！这暗杀！这爆头率！居然不是游戏？还配上了一镜到底！还要什么自行车啊。
一镜到底的爽片，阿金斯的动作戏和枪战戏都很精彩
强推这部片子，接近2个小时的一镜到底，考验的不仅仅是演员，还有摄影师的功力。都不管场景小的弊端了，就冲这摄影师的功力和导演的毅力，这就是高分片
拍华语烂片还是跑到好莱坞拍烂片，阿祖选择了后者。
优缺点都很明显的小成本B级动作片。优点：伪一镜到底的拍摄手法、熟练的临场调度和斯科特阿金斯老师的打戏依旧拳拳到肉毫不拖泥带水。几位主要演员的演技也非常在线，基本上导演、编剧在片中想要传达某种情绪的目标是完成了。缺点：可惜文戏通篇下来也只有人物状态和情绪表达，信息量还是不够让很多事情自圆其说。再有就是和惊天营救同样的问题，过度杀戮了。敌人怎么也杀不完，反派就一辆军用卡车真能载那么多人过来？（恐怖分子绝对不止50人）还有几个配角后期就一直原地站桩射击完全不移动的， 非得跟那房间呆着吗？叫完支援赶快换地方啊，那么大个基地就没其他地方能周旋一下？这个就真的很老套了，强行写死其他人，就为了让主角开挂单独玩最后一分钟营救。
唯一的一个妹子也死了，有点伤心。
一镜到底，有硬核亨利那味了，这才是真正意义上的枪战爽片嘛，虽然观影过程会感到头晕目眩，但室内CQB和交战规则的处理将特种作战场面还原得很真实。在一镜到底的拍摄手法加持下，会感到无处不在的紧张压抑气氛，阿金斯动作一如既往的流畅，这不比红色通缉令有意思？
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