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.
谢霆锋啊 别再去当厨子了 好好回来当个打星吧 hk那边的打星只剩下一堆老骨头了 好歹你还算个中生代吧 回来演戏吧
尽管谢霆锋有许多很帅的镜头，但是这个角色却缺乏说服力，让人完全产生不了共情，不像《拆弹专家2》里的潘乘风，也不想《新警察故事》里的阿祖，谢霆锋这个完全就是个恶人，充满了戾气和怒火，他一开始就甘心执行上级指令成为一个打手工具人，变成弃子是迟早的事，而歪斜扭曲的价值观也撼动不了基本法治体制，《守法公民》才是真正让人深思这种法治和个人的矛盾性，这部片做的还远远不够，但是动作水准和枪战场面依旧是陈木胜导演一贯的水准，甄子丹身手依旧矫健，出手依旧犀利，只是里面的人体负伤设定过于超英体质。最后街道火并像极了2013年刘德华的《风暴》
经典的港片黑白双雄模式，再也没有过去的味道
大烂片。剧作的bug大到女娲都补不上，甄子丹定位到谢霆锋的过程简直是儿戏，公子偷手表还把它送女人，杀了人拖着行李箱出去弃尸，全程简直没一点反侦查能力。内地观众真是好骗啊，每年一部大爆的警匪片，可惜偶尔喂的是💩。谢霆锋是帅的，该多拍些戏。可惜这里的反派缺少让人共情的点。
为什么明知道都是一个套路，但看到那几张老面孔还是照样买单？因为经过几十年的排列组合，观众依然能从同款配方品出不同的味道，并且这种排列组合可以继续进行下去，这是港片辉煌的八九十年代的legacy。这部影片里谢霆锋发挥了奇效，曾经港媒聚光灯下的叛逆少年如今变得非常有责任与担当，不仅保持了很低的姿态也义不容辞地接过了港片那面大旗，虽然模仿Joker的痕迹很明显，但不可否认很多场面他还是相当帅气的，风头显然盖过了甄子丹。
二十年前谢霆锋是糊里糊涂追击疯批美人的小喽啰，二十年后谢霆锋成了疯批美人本人。二十年前我喜欢傻小子，二十年后还是会爱上疯批
打斗精彩密集又没啥视觉疲劳，几位演员都这么大年纪了还上阵也不容易，谢霆锋还是很帅很帅的，嘻嘻！
他曾经是警察，除暴安良是他应尽的义务，纵使失手打死罪犯，他也相信那是意外，因为相信他的长官相信警队同心；
7.3分，武戏和《杀破狼》《导火线》是一个水准上的，文戏真的太薄弱。先不谈论电影中谢霆锋的所做所为到底算不算“灰色″吧，许多台词设计的很出戏，有的人被人痛打了还声嘶力竭地喊"你要干什么″，这不废话，杀你呀。看到戴面具就说开party，什么道理？还有公子杀女友的那段对话，全剧中最没有逻辑的一段台词，完全是赶剧情。
大家把身材保持那么好真的是为了演这种烂戏吗？
打斗精彩密集又没啥视觉疲劳，几位演员都这么大年纪了还上阵也不容易，谢霆锋还是很帅很帅的，嘻嘻！
从19年立项开机，到今年年初终于放出预告，我一直祈祷着这能是一部重振香港动作片雄风的硬核电影。曾经多少年来，动作片都是我们在世界影坛上最当仁不让的一个影片类型。然而这些年，我们慢慢被美国，印尼，日本所超越，心中真是总有一片闷气。然而还是可惜，这部没有超越《导火线》，更不用说《杀破狼》。更令人扼腕叹息的是，从整部电影的格局里，你能再一次清晰地看到，香港电影究竟是为何没落至今。光有匠人精神真的不行，无论是怎样的类型片，你都需要一个起码是及格水准的故事。除非你在某个领域，真的优秀到数一数二的程度。但我还是想像动作片爱好者们推荐这部电影。因为起码有三场动作戏，是有很多前所未见的动作设计，能让你惊呼连连的。而且，至少谢霆锋真的拼尽了全力，做到了佐藤健90%的水平。无论如何，且看且珍惜吧！
7，这片观感不错，如果当初是你去追可乐，我们的命运会不会反转呢？教堂戏相当好
香港取景，港片拿手的类型，浓浓港片风格。好多香港老演员客串，真有点泪目（虽然港片看得不算多，也没有啥香港情结）。拳拳到肉，拍得很流畅，非常精彩的武戏。秦岚是带资进场么？戏份真少。
看到最后一直在纠结两个主要人物的人物形象，到底哪个让我更不适，但后来想想把他们放在那个系统里他们也只能这样了，而且主要矛盾也不在他们那，电影尽量不着重那些恶兽，而是所谓的正邪双雄对决，愤怒都寄托在密集的动作戏和浅层的人物塑造上。他们或许应该站在一起的，正如当下，但没有
霆锋是不是好久没拍戏了 怎么这么浮夸 还是他一直就这样
1.叶师傅在，动作戏设计的真心不错。2.又是在警匪的匪做戏的剧作，对于上级官级制度的审视，两个人物写的不错，只是觉得没能讲得更加深刻。
看完全程没有惊喜点 不会有让你意外的地方 和失望的 地方
一种悲凉的回光返照，势必在香港街头燃烧翻涌再消散于北风。最后的时刻我们都毫无保留，所以就这样给世界留下一声质问也是可以的。
熟悉的港片味道。剧情确实还是有点俗了，但是拍出来的整体效果很好。追车戏惊险刺激，甄子丹勇闯贼窟的场景像是《追龙》，最后教堂的决斗戏像是《杀破狼》，残忍、极致凶狠，却又让人看得血脉喷张。街头枪战戏有点混乱了，最经典的画面就是谢霆锋扔手雷，有点《小丑》的风范，帅酷邪魅的很。所谓的“怒火”应该是有两种意思，一种是谢霆锋一伙前任警察被冤进牢里的心中怒火，一种是甄子丹认为的自己坚持的法律正义。一个词，两个字，说一句“没有”就可以让5个警察回归正常生活，可是他却选择了说“有”，是坚持做自己，是无奈，但也是做人不够圆滑。最后他自己也承认了，这个世界并不是非黑即白，也有很多灰色地带。为了一个穷凶极恶本就该死的贼，害了自己5个兄弟，后来又引发一系列报复事件死伤更多人，所谓的“黑白正义”真的值得吗？
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