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.
大导演热爱输出价值观希望剑走偏锋不料用力过猛有点一地鸡毛的乱炖感。what a pity
耐飞独家发行的电影至今为止的NO.1。留得下来的杰作。
1.人们面对彗星撞击会拿出怎样的表现，我们在疫情的起源与肆虐里已经预演了。完全赞同。2.讽刺面是广但没有涣散力度，反而主次分明更为真实。一两个权势者充反派，还真背不起这锅。3.普通人能做的是尽可能从容、有尊严地面对被搞砸的世界，包括死亡。4.唯有星星发光和被我们的肉眼捕捉到之间有时差这件事，不用抬头。我们低头刷刷广播就知道了。
首先是不够荒诞，尤其是在这个post-covid这个本就很荒诞的现实环境下看……其次也不够好笑，除了Meryl的表演；然后虽然众星云集，但出来的效果大多一般吧（Mark Rylance不要再演电影了啊啊啊啊啊
没浪费卡司，毕竟没有卡司也看不下来，感觉一些演员当作讽刺喜剧来演，一些演员又taking it too serious，导致观感在好笑与不好笑之间来回摇摆；觉得没有新意的我们是不是真的麻木了，世界是真没啥改变呐
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。
看了三分钟就猜出是《大空头》导演的作品，剧本依旧犀利，充满趣味性，且争分夺秒地炫技。开篇至主角们上电视之前若能少玩点花活就好了，比如在镜头快切及定格的使用上保以克制，这样反而能更加清晰地营造出人物及环境逐渐失控到毁灭的过程。不过结尾十分钟还是有深深触动到我，带有一定纪实感，让我更加确信人类真的可恶又可悲。
编排问题，无法与人物共情。批判讽刺在我看来也无可置评，小李子那段咆哮与当年电视台风云的那段咆哮比起来，还是差点意思。片尾的崩坏有些触动，但总体无法投入更多情感。
ps.国语配音不错。有老翻译腔的舒服、自然的感觉。
硬核好莱坞左派拍出来的两年目睹之怪现状，充斥着真挚的傲慢和愤怒。虽然还是挺好看的，但问题就是战斗性和幽默感本来就不太兼容。
中期选举大过天
[3.5/5.0] Ron Perlman 角色用手槍打彗星是不是在致敬巴頓將軍ＸＤ
好无聊 all star不过如此 真是有钱任性 kate好做作后面发现某已婚女歌手更做作（吹替版男主内田夕夜叔叔 梅姨高岛雅羅这我还是很满意的
1.将针砭时弊放进了讽刺喜剧当中，看似夸张、荒诞，却又处处令人有其现实的熟悉感；2.就其影片元素而言，感觉挺少见的，非超人类的科幻+非搞怪的讽刺喜剧，独具一格的故事；3.在世界末日来临时，有相爱的人在身边，幸哉。
首先节奏非常紧凑明快，末世题材让悬念十足，表演有张力，娱乐度满分。其次，当你以为主要的矛盾，是讲真相的科学家，跟荒诞愚蠢的众生相的矛盾，比如满嘴谎话的政客，或是一切都娱乐至上的媒体等等，最终人们回归到了家庭和宗教，才能找到内心的平静。而最后一刻的爆炸，导演通过无数的漂浮物，揭示了真正的矛盾，就是所有纷繁的人类文明，在一颗外来彗星面前，毫无意义，这当中当然也包括了所谓的真相还是麻木，家庭还是影子政客，人类文明的一切，终归只是一只被喂肥的火鸡，等待圣诞节的到来。
整体上蛮娱乐的，最后家庭餐桌的温情脉脉有点扣分了……要吐槽就一路吐槽到底嘛
满屏就俩字，虚伪。左棍都是污染大户，就知道慷他人之慨。
结局给五星。从“彗星撞地球”到这部“别抬头看‘彗星撞地球’”，我们见证人类精气神的逐渐下跌，可能还不是谷底，就是坠落、坠落下去……
We can have a movie called Don’t Look Down:)
有点想听A妹《Just Look Up》原版
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