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.
All we need is a little more trust
爆裂有余 气蕴不足 相比第一部还是差了点儿味道 但依然是个绝望的故事
【3】被更戏剧化和充满娱乐大片思维的写作侵占，人物都成了没逻辑的疯狗在互咬，哪有前作孤狼的血性。
看睡着了。这个续集的故事可能脱胎于深作欣二的《县警对暴力组织》。故事接上一部，五十子会的悍将铃木亮平归来，要打破松坂桃李掌控下的亚库扎休战局势。故事写的特别傻，松坂桃李派准小舅子去铃木身边卧底，他们俩的关系几乎是明牌的（松坂桃李演戏被小舅子枪击后竟然第一时间去女友家求救，他是真不怕铃木发现他们之间的关系啊），如此弱智的一个卧底任务，就还是占去戏份最多的核心事件。松坂桃李的立场也令人不解，他一听说亚库扎要火并、要伤亡，就跟疯了一样不顾死活的阻止——你这是孤狼之血吗？我看是牧羊犬的基因吧？铃木那边杀人一直是毫不避讳的，直到片尾才由对立的记者提示让松坂桃李去追查开场时凶杀案的证据，早干嘛去了？而且这记者什么动机？剧情完全胡来。白石和弥对复古暗调的掌握可以，有些挖眼、取子弹的血腥特写镜头，做的一般
最可怕的不是坏人很坏，最怕的是好人队伍里也全是坏人。
铃木亮平的反派塑造很强势，一举一动都在压迫神经，可惜日冈的智商并未兼得，单方有勇无谋的双雄争霸，就差了一口气啊，可惜。
虽然变成常规黑帮警匪片了，但故事比第一部有趣了好多噢！而且松坂桃李&铃木亮平&村上虹郎，三个主要角色都抢眼到不行，喜欢！日冈这个角色实在是惨啊，想做孤狼，但无可奈何只能沦为警察的狗，大上如果活着看到这番情景估计也得说句还好老子第一部就死了。btw白石和弥绝对有在故意给村长拍帅哥镜头吧，有点过于帅了（下一部可以再多拍点的意思）。
聪明乖巧性格古怪的小狗狗就是坠吊的！（不接受反驳！）养狗人的自我升华时刻
看的时机不对吗 为什么看完没什么感觉 男女主之间的交流 总让人跳戏
第一部都不怎么样，这部更差 剧情几乎没有，就是疯子跟混子的决斗 2个多小时极其平淡看到想睡觉
染满鲜血的英雄之路。最后那一枪爆头真的太爽了。
虽然也很暖，但没有《忠犬八公》那种让人触动的深深羁绊。
高科技确实牛逼，生理和精神上可以每天摧残我。敌人就算赢了也是靠作弊，我一辈子都绝对是鄙视的。没病就是没病，然而我根本就没病。
景色很美，故事就那样。妻子真的是非常好的人。
比第一步逊色的地方，在于智力上的较量少了，但是更血腥了。双男主演技都很出色！
和狗有关的电影就是这么俗套又让人欲罢不能啊
总体故事不怎么样，甚至大多数都在照搬原来的893电影。但是铃木亮平真的是整个电影的亮点好么……想被他杀掉……
狗狗好乖好聪明awww双向奔赴救赎的故事最爱了❤
希望西野七濑的演员之路越走越好，演技继续提高
三星半。訪談裡亮平說本不想接這個劇本，因為難以超越前作，導演極力希望他來演上林這個極惡反派。結果就像他預料的那樣，角色完成度可以，但身份認同童年陰影什麼的還是無法撐足人物，全片100分鐘足矣。 戴上粉絲濾鏡，亮平這個可塑性加演技，大有可為，當年把他簡歷扔垃圾桶的那家事務所腸子悔青了，有機會接個小丑之類的角色吧。
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