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.
比第一部武戏更多，文戏更少。不过反正中国这类型电影的文戏一向是短板
挺好的，但是确实没有激起对抗美援朝战争的深层次触动。
这叫什么主旋律呢？主旋律是用来宣传的，而这是一段真实的历史…不说应该，只是希望每一个人都可以铭记它…不要忘记那些十几二十岁就献出宝贵生命的先辈们，可能不是为了你个人，但确实是换来了如今的我们…这种舍身取义，我做不到，但不否认有人可以做到，他们叫做英雄，值得被铭记！
和上一部相比剧情更加简单，情节更加连贯，战争也更加悲壮……
大场面，前期让人热血沸腾，后半部分达到了反战警示的效果
徐克，拍得多少有点玄幻了…到英雄连旗帜的地方结束可能更好一些。
和第一部一样，还是以军人的牺牲来展现战争的残酷，这种处理方式实在低级。
各国军人，应该是最能懂彼此的一群人，他们都是爹生娘养的，有亲人朋友，有挂念，不想死。但是因为出生地不同，立场不同，所以必须在战场上兵戎相见。
不论是武侠片，还是主旋律，徐克始终有自己的电影语言与表现方式，而这套体系是超越题材本身的。抗美援朝的战士们本就是英雄，而徐克用自己的方式，将这些英雄塑造成了带有侠义之心的传奇人物。3月10日，13:15-15:45，王府井横店影城。
相比第一部这部显得更独立简单，看完之后总感觉少点什么，有些画面过于血腥并不适合低龄儿童。
这叫什么主旋律呢？主旋律是用来宣传的，而这是一段真实的历史…不说应该，只是希望每一个人都可以铭记它…不要忘记那些十几二十岁就献出宝贵生命的先辈们，可能不是为了你个人，但确实是换来了如今的我们…这种舍身取义，我做不到，但不否认有人可以做到，他们叫做英雄，值得被铭记！
对我个人来说观影感受还是情怀和感动占了上风吧，看到有影评说得很有道理“想了解一段历史应该去看书而不是商业片”
情节全程围绕“三炸水门桥”战斗。换成徐克一人挑大梁之后，视觉风格统一了，回乡一段的色彩与上集比简直像麻辣烫变成腌笃鲜。再没有旁逸斜出的各种支线，枪战场面处理得与林超贤各有千秋，远近冷热各种兵器错落有致。不喜欢的人可能觉得单调，我倒是很享受这种打满两小时的老动作片风格。“第七穿插连应到157人，实到一人”高燃了。
本来以为伍千里临死前会说些什么，结果啥都没说，一般国产片肯定要说点什么慷慨激昂的遗言对吧？但是这啥都没说，更加让人潸然泪下！你倒是说点啥啊！别这么静静地看着你弟弟呀！你弟弟等着你说话呀！呜哇啊啊啊啊啊！
这两年抗美援朝电影也太多了一些吧！
体悟以及试图理解去先辈的辛苦，
3.和徐老怪的智取威虎山风格雷同，还不如威虎山好看。
挺感人的
能让你在看到先辈牺牲的时候，
不晓得是我过于吹毛求疵还是确有其事，匮乏的战争场面与平庸的剧作让我很难不倍速...
Copyright © 2015-2023 All Rights Reserved
