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.
就是一部合格而公式化的爆米花电影，没啥惊喜，娱乐性不错，无聊打发时间可看一下。（ps：瑞恩·雷诺兹真的是被“贱”给框住了，现在他演的每一个角色都毫无辨识度，全都有死侍的影子。
3个明星一台戏，强行捆绑和反转，反而丢了逻辑，卖弄聪明耍心机，聪明反被聪明误。
雷诺兹负责嘴炮输出，巨石负责物理攻击，盖尔·加朵则是颜艺调教（穿红色礼服的亚马逊女战士专治各种不服），可口可乐与奔驰汽车瓜分了上下半场C位。《红色通缉令》虽无甚惊喜，但也算是不错的动作冒险爆米花爽片，与《丛林奇航》、《王牌保镖2》属于一个等级。虽然哈里森·福特在《夺宝奇兵》中已经拼不动了，但“纳粹藏宝”这个梗依然是个好题材。
《陆地与海洋》是初中地理八上第一节课，上完就退休，不符合学校上课的逻辑😂
合格的爆米花电影，也只是合格而已。这不号称很贵的网飞电影，最起码有5000万的预算都是给三位主演的吧，然而他们三个只需要带着自己固有的电影人设出现就可以了，强森演啥都一个样，从表情到造型，万年不变。RR是真的长得招人喜欢，小贱贱人设也是这几年让他赚的膨体钵满。另一位加朵女士，完全就是颜值能打。剧情就是都拼西凑，然后配上好莱坞一贯的氪金场景，全体收工。 即使这样，你别说，这不电影还是比一般的爆米花电影强很多，毕竟三位主咖的路人盘还是很庞大的。
不难看，至少比007好看，就是有点太大数据了。不知道怎么形容，就是大数据AI剧本的感觉，人物设定、桥段情节甚至打斗场面都是经过精准计算放到该放的地方的。徐远翔如果还在阿里的话倒可以去向网飞取取经，当初那个淘汰活人编剧的理想没准真能实现。三个主演都挺喜欢，但在这部里基本各演各的，最后的反转就纯粹反转，为了这个反转刚有点看点的人物关系立马崩了，有点可惜，而且应该上大屏幕的
比预想的要好看。这是一部外表亮丽但内在粗俗的电影，就像一个长得俊俏的文盲女孩。
……+瑞安·雷诺兹=喜剧+傻叉……
看这阵容就能知道，绿灯侠负责嘴碎搞笑，神奇女侠负责展示美貌，黑亚当负责上串下跳，大伙一起看个热闹，基本上这就是全片基调，剧情什么的已经完全不再重要。最后果然不出我所料。妙妙妙！
［4.0］看一半弃，实在是太老套的剧情，太乏味的段子，唯一可圈可点的大概就是三位主演了。
每个情节推进都精准设计，毫无乐趣，最后用纳粹的装备让我想到神秘海域2
电影的表演痕迹过于明显，但是最后妈妈要离开的几个镜头让人深思。妈妈啊，这个十月怀胎辛苦孕育我的伟大的人儿，从有我的那一刻起，似乎就和她密不可分。直到剪断脐带离开她，却仍离不开她的目光，她的牵挂，她的惦念。在我的心里，她虽是妈妈，但更像是我的好友。我们分享心得，阔谈人生，畅聊八卦，甚至还一起发泄。是我最爱的最信任的人。
因为博主diss电影愚化女性才去看的，看后发现完全不是那么回事。最后女儿问妈妈为别人活值吗？妈妈说这是我的选择，但是你不一样，我希望你为自己而活。
卡司亮眼，动作平庸，剧情低智，勉强适合过节合家欢爆米花，能看完完全因为演员魅力，续集还是免了吧奈飞哥。。
有点评说强行搞基我十分不同意，这明明是强行不搞基。雷诺兹彻底放弃了作为男人的性感，可惜他与强森的火花不如他和老塞缪，而强森和斯坦森的火花也更爆一点。为什么不让女警官和加朵搞姬？！
本片将时下的热门元素强行堆砌，充分实现了1+1+1=2的方程式。
2.5。没啥营养的爆米花电影，反转完全是硬来。不过，三位演员都挺能撑流量的，目测还会有续集。
后面的反转其实很生硬，再加上提到前苏联、俄罗斯监狱，我甚至不知道为什么要特地去伦敦一趟，最后还要出续集，这比喜剧小品还要糟糕。
关于我妈一件戳心的小事：她说不要哭，要坚强，她最爱我。
而剧情则是简单到不能再简单，逻辑更是不存在的。两个小时没有任何啰嗦的情节，电影把原本应该拓展出去，让整个故事变得丰满的地方，都给削掉只剩下骨架。
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