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.
还剩十几分钟都不想看了…网飞是拍这个题材上瘾了？
但这些日本元素一点也不日本 欧美人继续对东方文化的意淫罢了
日本元素不错 柠檬炸弹广告成功 整得自己也老想喝
只有5秒干净的动作戏，还都在配角身上。
记得好几年前听说过要拍梅津泰臣的«风筝»真人版，但后来出了吗？
剧本平庸，女主的演技和打斗场面设计太配不上这个杀手角色了
演员不可渭演的不努力，只是在这简陋的剧情下，无论是伍迪哈里森、国村隼还是浅野忠信，看上去都做作的不得了，幸亏还有相对流畅的动作戏挽尊，相对暴力的尺度，也是本片得以生存之道。
剧情本来就不行 作为爆米花电影 打斗也太面了
剧本则有点虎头蛇尾，悬疑的揭晓虽也合情合理，但总觉得平平无奇，几个反转也让人提不起劲，我觉得还是角色的塑造出了问题，太过单薄。
一个身中剧毒的女杀手的救赎和自我救赎。垂死之身还那么牛逼，一个人打N个，屡打屡胜，总也打不死。看着替她累，赶紧死了算了。
又是部美国人臆想出日本电影算部東京风貌片。我觉得奥运会开幕式多放这种片段不很喜闻乐见嘛？雅酷桑武士刀哪怕霓虹夜景不都是日式文化标致嘛将此嫁接在简单粗暴女性复仇剧情中看着酷炫过瘾不烧脑正是周末雨天必备嘛
这种动作片已过时…
没那么多花里胡哨的剥削让《Kate》与众多满是男凝的女性动作片相比显得更为真实和真诚，几场动作戏干脆利落，自带赛博味道的日本也为影片增添了几分迷幻感，可惜剧本太过常规套路，剧情发展均没有脱离好莱坞多数流水动作片模式，也就使得这部电影最终落入俗套，缺乏惊喜。
嚯，评论里人均导演艺术家。网飞迅速成立专案组，聘请各位艺术指导为每部电影指点迷津，横扫奥斯卡不是问题。
题材不新鲜，拍的也不好。本来可以好好发挥的打戏和枪战戏都好乏味。唯一的亮点就是小女生Ani了。
风格化上下了大功夫，霓虹国的辐射战士，靠兴奋剂续命的设计会让人想起《怒火攻心》的暴躁与疯狂，“杀手”故事本身并无太多新鲜的亮点，人物残缺的悲剧性撑不起来足够丰满的感动与共情。
有所不同的是坚不可摧无人能敌超人般的杀手也会死。。。
打戏确实还行，至少几场动作戏都还算过瘾，比火药奶昔精致美女摆pose倒是强好几个档次，国村隼大爷最后那几下武士刀帅惨了。但讲真的这美国人去搅和日本黑帮到底是个什么清奇jb剧本思路，一整套杀手带娃的煽情下来跟隔壁火药奶昔也就半斤八两，要塑造成功一个顶级美女杀手还是上点心吧网飞。退回去抱住我家Villanelle了。
我本来当爽片看的，没想到Kate和Ani之间那么有戏，大女孩和小女孩的演技都那么有说服力
三星半，本来也就是个及格但是架不住姐姐好帅我好爱😍😍😍😍
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