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.
当下经历的恐怖与过去的心理阴影并行。原本是不错的点子，男人的共同面孔和不同暴力形式，还有身体恐怖的生育戏都设计的不错，但摇摆在堆叠隐喻甚至明喻和做一部类型化的偏僻恐怖片之间，剧本完全是崩坏与稀烂，走女主内心线路使得Men之间的联系交代不充分。而影像方面很好看也有代入感，拍出了美丽到诡异的英伦农家庄园。
前半段美如画，后半段惊悚加cult，跟男女关系……竟然有那么点像。
我觉得Garland学Ari Aster学岔了，前半段有太多inconsistent的意象和空镜头。还好摄影优秀没被不明所以的剪辑给埋没。喜欢展现出来现代关系中的manipulation比暴力更让人反胃，相较而言某些只象征slut shaming的分身反而显得弱了。
虽然是恐男片，但女主角人设如此单薄工具人……
81/100。加兰的镜头一直都好美啊，绿色杂乱的森林，绿草中破旧的房屋，暗红色调的房间，都让我非常喜欢。结尾的那场戏绝对是我今年印象最深的戏份之一。节奏不可避免地因为恐怖场景而有些杂乱，但控制得也挺不错了。用千人一面的男人来讽刺男权，我觉得是很有新意也很有力度的一种讽刺方法。另，加兰的恐怖从没让我失望过。
推进故事的节奏很奇怪，孤芳自赏的感觉，导演一定觉得自己特牛，不紧不慢地铺陈男权社会的恐惧，结尾也是直接给我整无语了，高对比度的摄影甚至把英格兰乡村的树林拍出了星之彩的感觉。虽然千人一面的隐喻有点太直白了（本以为是《逃出绝命镇》那种的故事），但在今年已经端下柯南伯格的前提下，本片依然能贡献年度最让人震惊的cult场面，真是实属不易，看不懂但大为震撼了属于是。
3.5⭐，这个连环生子虽然闹是闹心了点，但竟有种莫名的爽感，就是那种你也有今天的爽感
如果不是最后血气腾腾的男人套娃特效做得不错，一星都不想给。但是套娃真的太爽太cult了，啊哈哈哈！赞美导演的想象力。
巴克利咋总演这种角色啊……片子整体太像达伦的《母亲》
非常漂亮的摄影啊，一种沁人心脾的清爽！同时惊悚桥段又非常给力！感觉有了疯狂的设计却没有贯彻到底，无疾而终了！可惜！
女主哈珀在乡间庄园里发生的故事
像是Kaufman的劇情，再配Garland的美學，太拼貼了🤯
翻译成《男人们》比较符合电影原意，观感还行
真是妙啊。伤痕裸男——女性生育伤害，面具男——厌女男权，神父——劝妓从良道貌岸然的宗教，房东——暴力解决家庭纠纷的男人。隐喻很明显，没有直接恐怖，却让人不寒而栗，心有戚戚
原译名《们》，改成《男人》之后显然更合适，A24从来没让我失望，小作坊类型精品。男人们入侵她的视野、房屋、生活、思想，不允许反抗的附属品，就算说是蹭女权热度也得夸一下A24想转型的努力咯
B+. 太明显了，男人就是恐怖之源。由男性凝视、荡妇羞辱、爹味说教、信奉暴力编织而成的天罗地网，在女性的心理与现实世界中皆成挥之不去的梦魇。
如果不是和C一起万万不敢看的片。最后的连环孕育看傻了。但是全片太过明喻甚至近乎寓言有点用力过猛。取景美术和湮灭类似。
意识流体系 但缺少叙事推进 换句话说就是整个靠场景堆砌吸引受众 A24几部片子都是这个路数看得累 摄影是没话说 片尾场景很震撼 然后没然后了
前半段画面太美，疯狂截图，后半段生娃简直让人李安附体“我看不懂但我大受震撼”
他们侮辱追踪恐吓施暴自虐，居然还以爱之名。
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