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.
美式大局讽刺。中国又何尝不是走向另一个极端。虽然明知是喜剧，但到最后末日一幕还是会静下心来去看。相信很多人都是这样。觉得自己对某些事可以从容处理，但真的处理起来，会显得和大众一样。虽然没拍好，但因为“不好笑”而给差评的大可不必，因总体来说还属于类似“黑色幽默”的主题，或表达对美国现象的担忧，导演也没说保证这是让你哈哈大笑类的影片。这部电影讽刺的就是你们这类人，电影说的是“世界末日要到了”，你却还在骂这部片“一点都不搞笑”。
本来是为了捧白左踩红脖子，捧民主党踩共和党，不过结合现实中的美国新冠疫情表现，感觉四个都能感受到冒犯，难怪口碑分化了。
一部喜剧却看得人一肚子闷气，鸡同鸭讲从来都是血压升高情绪爆炸的导火索，反讽力度拉满结尾彩蛋更上层楼——而就目前大势但凡资姓国的现实情况恐怕不比电影好到哪里去；这电影拍出来除了恶心自己也误伤了别人，非常具有喜剧内核但就是笑不出来，太难受了。。// PS. A妹开口跪！
在即将喜迎居家50天的好日子里看，万千滋味很上头
肥佬李和大表姐飾演學術界人士，就⋯⋯沒什麼說服力的感覺⋯⋯
真要来了，很有可能就这么娱乐至死。但电影还是有点太塑料了。
彗星撞地球的世界性灾难想讽刺什么，大家都心知肚明，看着看着就觉得所有的一切都如此熟悉，电影努力找到了搞笑和深刻之间的某种平衡，2个半小时也没有觉得长。PS，片尾两个彩蛋都很亮，一定要看完啊
张铁林演还珠里的乾隆腔：他sexy在哪儿啊？！
如此肮脏的同时又如此动人，这一姿态必须也只能由好莱坞来做出。因为成功就是这样一个迷人又危险的双车道，越是在周身灿烂的喧哗中，就越是轻易失足掉入自毁的审判，而这一方程式本身又是根深蒂固地进入世界的明证。当然没什么好笑的，因为曾经笑得出声是因为人类尚有条件挥霍，而当下任意再多一个荒谬都不再让人有心忍耐。如果不能确凿地指出一条建立的小路，那么电影当然有权蹩脚且绝望地上演摧毁。
美式大局讽刺。中国又何尝不是走向另一个极端。虽然明知是喜剧，但到最后末日一幕还是会静下心来去看。相信很多人都是这样。觉得自己对某些事可以从容处理，但真的处理起来，会显得和大众一样。虽然没拍好，但因为“不好笑”而给差评的大可不必，因总体来说还属于类似“黑色幽默”的主题，或表达对美国现象的担忧，导演也没说保证这是让你哈哈大笑类的影片。这部电影讽刺的就是你们这类人，电影说的是“世界末日要到了”，你却还在骂这部片“一点都不搞笑”。
零嘴揩油，网络迷因，选举彩头，火箭英雄，利润至上，资本作秀，恐慌暴动，人民分裂，温馨躺平，太空移民，Jonah Hill 成最终赢家……将气候变暖置换成彗星撞地球的寓言，可以
很浮夸的政治讽刺喜剧，所以千万不要较真，当作寓言故事来看，故事性还是不错的。如果评价电影的科学性，你就给负分也不为过。
导演对罗兰·艾默里奇说看到没，灾难片应该这么拍。这种素材我们国家太多了，可惜都用不上，本片对男权体制的控诉显而易见，说真话的女人是疯子，说话不利索的中年男人却最受欢迎，这是现实也是讽刺。
在一个疯狂的世界里，如果一切注定毁灭，那你是愿意跟着一起疯狂，还是直到世界毁灭前最后一刻，也要保持常识、爱与理性？
创作人把自己当救世主实例。自从the big short尝到奥斯卡的甜头，Adam Mckay就走上了成魔之路，但别忘那可有Michael Lewis的原著打底。这部比vice还焦虑，攒了一堆大咖，也不好看。只能感概现在除了怀念step brothers、anchorman那时的纯真以外，还要为他和Will Ferrell的友谊哀悼
对媒体炒作娱乐热点，官员只在乎政治利益，资本无脑追逐利益，平民反智无主见，学者观点不被重视……进行了流于表面的黑色讽刺。什么都想讽刺，也什么都没深入讽刺。
有一股子说不上来的傲慢和聪明劲，自我感觉特别良好。
麦凯的重组式讥讽过于直白却富有层次感，对现实世界的哈哈镜式乖张映照中始终透露着失望乃至些许无力的绝望，但在最后也留下了对人类能够进行深度自省的期许；话说这群星闪耀的卡司里，里朗斯表现力有点超神啊。
满屏就俩字，虚伪。左棍都是污染大户，就知道慷他人之慨。
4.5 虚无狂欢后褪去畏恐不安的落寞焦躁，我们早已拥有了一切—即主体发生的情感。终于也轮到好莱坞(美国)去完成对自身虚无演绎的质疑了吗？麦凯精通的荒诞喜剧类型精准演绎了这个濒临毁灭的世界无法直视真实存在的遮羞，诙谐揭示了众人麻痹自我娱乐至死的毒药。跟随泛庸的互联网悄然走入后媒介历程的形态变化，聒噪扁平的信息流之下有着令人惊愕的自反，彻底超水平发挥。大爆炸式的当代人类通史新编，对当下荒谬动乱时期中可能发生或者已经发生的社会政治、资本流通、权力斗争通过灾难片载体全部(暗讽)回溯了一遍，受流文化媒介影响的存在主义危机更是警醒着人类社群中真正危机的存在，而这个伴随华丽燃烧无谓反抗的过程就是人类实现浪漫的过程，也是宇宙唯一证实存在可被感知的事物。与所有自我毁灭相比，悬挂于空的彗星才是最微不足道的那个。
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