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.
中规中矩，没啥惊喜，但也不至于看不下去。剧情老套。
剧情毫无逻辑，剪辑混乱，角色没感情，决战无高潮，画面黑不溜秋，唯一觉得好一点的流体特效和声呐定位还不错，其他实在想不出来什么亮点了。
和扎导上来就声势浩大的反类型不同，演员对于作品定位的精准把控和套路的执行，造就了一部保守但不乏小精彩的作品。这样一部烂片衍生出来没人看好的电影，它本身在今年一堆牛鬼蛇神的商业片里，还真不算太差啊，这可真有够可悲的。
这种故事也难出新花样，不怪电影不好，只是放到现在，看过各种“侠”经历意外变身的“标准程序”，再来一个已经腻了，而且也没表现“最另类的黑暗超级英雄”有多另类。不如干脆缩短正片，加长彩蛋，起个承上启下连接各故事的作用即可，也节约大家时间。
是的，看这个电影甚至没学到开锁的任何知识。
这个吸血蝙蝠侠，明明不想害人
莱托少爷演超英，就不能露脸是吧，导演们是不是嫉妒他帅
导演理解的暗黑风怎么那么肤浅。幸好他兄弟反目了，要不然看半天我都不知道哪个是BOSS。战斗方面的艺术设计是不错的，预期过低，回报尚有。
兑变成蝙蝠就能横扫天下。最后那个开车情节有必要吗？你飞着去不比开车快？
女主还真是不出意料的也变成吸血鬼复活了
是的，这部电影拍的很独特，组团偷盗不落俗套。
结局有点搞，破解保险库的演绎比较单调。。。
不是，为什么要找俩三观都不合的人一起“刷成就”？动作戏也很弱，本以为有什么炫酷飞车之类的动作戏结果唯一有那个技能的哥们儿全程给我感觉就像是一个单纯的出租车司机。女主很漂亮，黑客妹也还挺喜欢，但每到他们戏份结束的时候我只能说：就这？啊？就这？？？？
莱托少爷近几年的选片水平一路下降是怎么肥事儿 不过莫比亚斯那个烟雾（？）特效有点点帅的 女主美 别的没了 随便看看可以
【忘记mark补上系列】《活死人》没看，去年年末的时候网飞看到刷的电影。一刷用了一个礼拜，没有太大的兴趣，只是开头了那么就看下去。因为是年轻演员自导自演的关系有一种放大自己角色设定的感觉，但是人设并没有太大的出彩点可以去专门拍摄一部电影的感觉。时间特别多可以看，不是很喜欢，但是完成度尚可。
事实证明，索尼还是搞不懂怎么拍电影宇宙，开头刚变异那段分镜简直对着阿卡姆系列抄。
还行吧，男主挺可爱的，女主漂亮性感。可惜男主的命运早就注定了。
质量比较一般，倒也不算烂的程度。故事的叙述节奏跟情节有问题，看起来特别刻意着急的样子。经典男主好友要解药男主就是不好好说直接拒绝，简直就是怕好友不误会。好友黑化的也太突然了吧？剧情太着急而且无脑了，你干嘛非要不喝血等死啊？你好友是个土豪想办法定期弄血续命不行吗？有钱连血都买不到？故事情节实属稀烂，没事可以瞎看看
即便以漫威电影的爆米花标准来衡量，也是一部彻头彻尾的烂片。导演压根就不会讲故事，全片就是一堆情节生硬地堆砌。小11终于演了一回反派，窃以为反派很适合长着一张苦瓜脸的他。
漫威在走下坡路了，现实的正能量的内容编不出来了，就开始搞这些阴暗的玩意。现在为什么明白国家不让拍鬼片，天天搞这些巫术，吸血鬼这种非人间的概念真没啥帮助，看了就消沉
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