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.
只有一人一车一狗一机器人而已，竟然看的津津有味！
【B－】好就好在几乎彻底排除「其他人」的存在，让影片保留了一分还算可贵的纯粹；差也差在几乎彻底排除「其他人」的存在，否定了更多的可能性。或许创作者们「无所求」的态度本身也是一种追求，毕竟这种拍过无数次的题材和设定以这样一种简单的姿态呈现给观众时，也能带来些许新鲜感。
当人类灭亡时，当人工智能变成人类时，当狗知道人工智能就是人类时。
我在想如果我处于这样的世界，为了解决无聊，可能需要3000本书，5000部电视剧以及上万部电影。。。但是这是在有吃有喝有电的情况下，一般世界末日来看，这是完全不可能的
很简单的故事，却蕴含着丰沛的情感。比起自己的生存，Finch更在乎狗狗Goodyear的生存，甚至做出个机器人Jeff照顾它，甚至一路向西去一个更好的地方，“它不是我的狗，它是它自己的狗”，在Finch眼里Goodyear不仅是一只狗，也承载了他对于那对母子遇害的愧疚
开头很像WALLE，Tom Hanks越看越适合接替Ian演甘道夫了😂
像极了《三体2》中描述的＂黑暗森林法则＂。
美国式末日，还是喜欢热闹点的片子，我比较喜欢那个机器人🤖️
背景设定不够严谨，故事是好的。从《荒岛余生》到《芬奇》，汤姆·汉克斯这次不再是一个人。jeff问：什么叫信任？芬奇回答不出来。jeff说：我相信芬奇。芬奇却说：我是个懦夫，不值得相信。而最终，芬奇只能把希望寄托在jeff身上，而jeff用行动证明，他会成长为一个值得信任的伙伴。
从一开篇就沉浸到设定中，跟随Finch感受他最后的人生。它撼动我的心，我给它五星。
第四条原则并不是让机器人臣服于人类 而是让他成为自己 from jack to Jeff.
John Wick的地表最强狗奴地位受到巨大挑战（最后居然联想到了哈洛的恒河猴实验是我不太对劲）
【B－】好就好在几乎彻底排除「其他人」的存在，让影片保留了一分还算可贵的纯粹；差也差在几乎彻底排除「其他人」的存在，否定了更多的可能性。或许创作者们「无所求」的态度本身也是一种追求，毕竟这种拍过无数次的题材和设定以这样一种简单的姿态呈现给观众时，也能带来些许新鲜感。
其实……依然有网大内容撑不起来的毛病，这个概念总觉得没讲好
只有我觉得这个机器人很油腻嘛…人物和背景设定都很单薄无力，刻意煽情，完全无法和WallE比
其实科幻末日背景挺弱的，借助阳光灼人的设定讲人的封闭孤独和不信任，当杰夫芬奇和狗狗建立起信任时，生命就能重返阳光下，人害怕伤害不愿信人，但又总是渴望获得赞扬陪伴和信任，就像芬奇始终保留来自父亲的明信片，杰夫想获得芬奇和小狗的认同。所幸芬奇离开时身边有杰夫和狗狗的陪伴，杰夫领略桥上明媚的风光后还有信心去看新的世界。 汤姆汉克斯独角戏carry全场，机器人杰夫呆萌，小狗值得一座狗界小金人，难得能看到一部如此舒服的电影。
一个幸存者走完最后一段旅程的故事，勾勒出一个末世
即使把机器人换成一个青少年 故事也很难出现大范围的改动 只能说没什么惊喜
人性弱点那么多
近年来，电影里的机器人/人工智能越发善良，而到了《芬奇》这里，机器人不仅善解人意，甚至对于“我是谁”这个问题都没有了困惑，进而表现出对于人类坚定且毫无保留的爱。现在这个时刻，人类太需要这样的爱了。
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