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.
亲生父母猪狗不如。养父看不见，倒也重情重义。
虽然很商业片很脸谱化 韩女版玩命速递 但下饭
5.5，并不差，但没能延续前作的路数（1的概念、风格无疑是成功的关键），作为续集，故事性太差了。
PS：另外我想知道故事到底发生在哪个地方，到底是完全没有警察和消防，还是都选择性失踪了。。。╮(╯▽╰)╭
其实不用太苛刻，作为小成本佳作的续作，只要不辱没前作，就已经非常棒了。英雄虽迟暮，让人心疼，但也完成了自己的救赎，况且老兵怎会那么容易死掉，期待续集。
改锥女王具备的素质是勇敢与聪明，我以后要随身携带改锥，并且每天打5把英雄联盟锻炼自己的勇气！
第二部虽然故事模式相像，但已经把恐怖氛围摘除出去了，变成纯打赤膊的动作片，小兵敢死队与老头再次斡旋，硬碰硬的荷尔蒙爆炸，血腥暴力尺度尚可，有些做了转场处理，故事其实挺屎的，但老头子的赎罪之路没停歇，小萝莉这回也继承其衣钵，灵动和身手也不错，上一集的屏气凝神之感这回荡然无存，动作片的爽利却及时补救，比较出色地完成了容易被诟病狗尾续貂的续集之作，不拖沓不扯闲篇，已经是对类型片剧作结构的最好塑造，故事还没有落幕，风云依旧可以再起！★★★☆
盲眼老兵变身连恩尼森，强行洗白讲述Family故事
更像动作惊悚片。保持了一定的可看性但没有什么必要的续作，第一部的优秀不意味着观众对这个IP或角色有依恋感。入室戏有一段长镜头显然是对前作的模仿（全片看完才意识到已经换了导演）。对盲老头一角补充了人物背景以“正当化”某些行为，但归根结底基本所有角色都是“反派”，只是看恶斗恶罢了。桥段上有在努力利用“盲”的概念展开（水纹、铃铛和雾气的情节），比较意外的是增加了狗的戏份和作用。
看完这个电影，我真心觉得吴京说的太对了。一个美国瞎老头都能打一群人，吴京又不瞎为什么不能打
感谢两倍速
现实的恐怖片，却也让人惊悚、后脊发凉。时间是前集故事的八年后，人物除了瞎眼老头，又加了一个小女孩，她恰是此片的亮点。整体气氛营造尚可，逻辑上漏洞不多，血腥暴力，其中小女孩身世设置最为恐怖。估计还会围绕小女孩拍续集。
没有第一部的紧张感，这部拍得十分平庸。金刚芭比老头依然武力值爆表，下一季复联没他我不看
挺不错的一部电影，原以为是老套的剧情，结果果然是，但是炒冷饭也是有技巧的，饭是老的，但还是蛮好吃的，原本应该是三颗星，但是朴素丹那是怎么看这么好看，那就再加一颗星吧，适合找个适合是时候再回锅…………
精简一下角色，时间控制在一个半小时以内就好。朴素丹演这种雷厉风行的角色我觉得不太适合。
反派命运注定悲惨
省流小助手：你大爷还是你大爷，永远别对单身男人的狗下手
这哪里还屏住呼吸，分明是盲僧单人屠杀弱智打手，小女孩和狗全都要，前半段很有紧张感，可惜后半段复仇戏太拉，能赢全靠对手犯蠢和放手，整体质量不如第一部。看彩蛋的样子，这片不是还想拍第三部吧？
打斗片，错付了，等了boss有五十分😂好在质量还行，气氛突出，反转激烈。🐶子给满分
见过史蒂芬朗一次，帅呆。座头市有次和瞎眼法师讲他的“圆”是多少距离——法师比他远，朗的圆一般，血槽巨厚。ps这个萝莉不行，下次换一个吧。以及颠覆风云里好莱坞主角绝不能杀狗的理论再次应证。
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