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.
德托罗本身不擅长黑色类型片，再加上现在是其创作低谷，一出白开水作品。摄影和布景的精致也显得苍白。
6.9分。有陀螺的美学打底让整部电影看起来稍微高级了一点，剧情从团长介绍开始大体就能猜出个八九不离十来。整体过下来各方面挺单薄，Key Point也来得很是生硬（我肯定不会自信到把钱存到一个我在酒会上认识没两天的人）。浪费了威廉·达福和托尼·科莱特，即使是凯特·布兰切特也就是个危险的美人。没什么二次咀嚼的欲望。
库珀真的长得不太聪明，但显然能够很有戏的凯特和鲁妮又少了很多戏，于是我不明白为什么要花两个半小时看这个傻大个早已注定的自找倒霉命运游戏
建议改名，沿用香港的译名是滑稽的。陀螺善于营造氛围，但叙事并不精彩。
太冗長了，一環扣一環但環環都說太透…畫面固然美，音樂固然扣人心弦，故事講到最後已經無聊了…
充满震慑力的主线也好，丛生而相互关联的支线也好，都非常适合陀螺按自己的风格发挥。
没看过原作和老版本单纯是被海报欺诈来的无辜路人说实话这卡司感觉不用演往那一戳就可以打五星结果不知道导演脑子被感染了硬生生用150分钟让人给他只能打两星还是友情价看在魔兔有那么一秒钟是同框的面子上就不考究剧情有多老套凯特的演技可真是没话说她不管自信脆弱咄咄逼人诱惑感性都能拿捏那么到位这就是天生演技刻在DNA里的女人从她的伤疤和负罪老头的独白来看她也不是单纯要坑男主应该属于一箭双雕预谋已久让你说我不够强大现在曾经害我与看不起我的两个恶魔骗子都遭到了应有的报应回归了他们本该呆着的位置真是可喜可贺导演稍微改编下原著让大魔王和小白兔重遇然后过上幸福快乐的人生活那这票房也好评分也罢不就都有了吗前期铺垫那么长只为对应最后我生来就是干这个的料有点太过牵强塔罗姐其实警告过他是他自己丢失了放弃的机会做了错误决定
对原版结局的改动，虽然更加暗黑，但却丢掉了人物。毫无意义的老片新拍，也就有机会竞争一下装修奖。
比想象中喜欢 被诟病的冗长第一幕是最喜欢的部分 用马戏团奇幻世界建构出的阴暗童话 （去年看佐导在油管上算塔罗牌 今年读到卡尔维诺用塔罗牌创作《命运交叉的城堡》加上这部的倒吊牌 对曾经很排斥的塔罗牌产生了兴趣
原版没看过。属于蛇头虎尾，前半段一般般，有点拖沓，虽然很喜欢马戏团这个设置，后半段越来越好，结尾还是精彩的，也有陀螺的审美趣味在里面，但是惊喜不足，时长也有点太长了…
完全消解了原版里男主的性本恶和马戏团的神秘色彩 不是陀螺的话根本不会看完的程度 还原了老版最初想要的结局 但放在新版里水土不服
玩弄人心的把戏终将被戳破
【3.0】从好的方面来讲，有区别于旧好莱坞时代的黑色电影过于实感的新鲜观感，一种华丽的黑童话质感，是一眼就能认出来的独属于陀螺的电影风格。从不好的方面来讲，整个故事讲得有够无聊，电影叙事逻辑存在问题，这个剧本也避免不了审美的时效性限制，翻拍本身显得意义不大。
心中总有缺口
这里有两部电影，第一部展示个人趣味，第二部完成情节任务。
精神分析大战读心术，结论：还是得看塔罗牌的。毛骨悚然的浪漫。
和特色社会主义的资本家比起来，哈登演得角色简直是佛陀再世、耶稣复生、真主再临！
陀螺一贯的让我非常舒适的审美，结尾也停在了应该的地方，细节处理和怪异血腥的呈现一如既往地精准。但是不得不说几乎完全翻拍47版让剧情毫无新意，如果不是双A设定刚好碰上了有张力的两个演员就会变成彻底的灾难。
大魔王到底起了个什么作用？很多没有说明白的地方，表达的也比较隐晦。
好长 最后感觉就是个普通的故事 浪费卡司 虽然分那么低我都还是看了
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