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.
若不是网大的身份、炒作起来方便，这片子连5分都不知道有没有……
竟然还是在青岛拍的，好啊，青岛好啊。不过游戏大佬虽然拼死拼活赢了奖金，但还没能涨过学区房，不得不说，都快2022年了，还有家族联姻那一套吗
很多细节处理的不错，可这么多逻辑bug真的好吗?或许不好，但这个剧情最后真的戳到了……电影永远是以情感主导，导演很好的利用了这点
并不像很多大V说的那么神，土味十足的电竞题材电影而已。男一选角是一大亮点，就应该找这种完全没见过的路人脸，精确的选角让这种根本不现实的咸鱼翻身故事，居然有了一丝周星驰电影的味道。女一根本不爱男一，她才是整个故事里面最知道自己想要什么的人，海边一吻仅为了提升男一的士气。男人至死是少年，女人从未是少女。
u1s1，这部电影的成熟度很高，制作班底也很用心，在灯光滤镜和氛围的处理上都下足了功夫，观感很棒。
biubiubiu 网大中难得一见的好作品
剧情很老套，但节奏超赞。算是游戏电影典范了。打发时间寻求短期刺激那叫玩游戏，团队配合+长期练习叫做竞技
哈哈，虽然不玩吃鸡，看这片子还是感觉挺欢乐的。最后那个平底锅装逼到位了，还起了点鸡皮疙瘩，想起十多年前那些天天在网吧吃泡面打dota的苦逼职业选手了，这种屌丝宅男一朝夺冠逆袭封神的梦想，游戏迷都懂啊~
被一个特别能苟的主播带进的电竞圈，看到电影这么杀神的场面反而不太习惯，感觉团队互怼着磨合那块不够有趣，父子戏码才是趣点。毕飞宇说：人类的每一次重大行为最后都成了商业。电竞本来是放松、沉醉的一种生活方式，却飞快的成为了资本逐利的热点。所以觉得电影的结局处理得非常好，总有人视荣誉高于金钱利益。这也是我为什么支持政治挂帅而反对资本控制，前者还有底线与顾虑，还有荣誉渴求，后者只有粗暴的赢家通吃。彩蛋也干脆利落，成年人的世界，专治各种倔强。
难得有这么厉害的类型片，比较套路，中年男人一事无成，想要靠电竞赢一笔奖金买学区房，阻止前妻“夺走”儿子。当然是要组队，有一个被背叛过时刻翻脸的老搭档，有不谙世事的学生，有逃避家庭的美女，也是标准配置。然后当然是先磨合再大杀四方，然后遇到困境分崩离析，最后一刻重聚信心，然后再次战胜对手赢得胜利。说起来连粗鲁大汉办萌用女号，抠脚大汉其实是美女这种反套路也已经是标配套路。结尾有点灯火阑珊处的感觉，留白很多，仿佛人生没有答案。
得分高可能还是比较应景吧，这类故事大同小异，看着是屌丝逆袭，实际上都是厚积薄发而已～算好看的网大
非常工整的类型片，片子主题是吃鸡。节奏点卡得很棒，矛盾点是与妻子争夺孩子的抚养权而参加比赛，召集队友（队员的配置也很有意思）小高潮后开始往下滑（比赛 + 争夺双双吃瘪）反正这时安排打鸡血，结尾来个大高潮。总得来说不拖泥带水，父子情深（有《当幸福来敲门》跟《长江七号》那味）、剧情跌宕起伏、阴谋论、游戏的紧张刺激，最后一场戏“勾引+反勾引” + “平底锅之战”，就是躁，非常赞！
非常非常成功的电竞电影
被肖汉那句“年轻的时候，把游戏当信仰，多可笑啊”整破防了，虽然不玩魔兽好几年了，但最近暴雪的事还是让我觉得很伤心。
日子过成这样也太寒酸了，家里简陋，交不起房租，屋内一塌糟，漏雨又少电；加上还有前妻来争抚养权，不奋起简直要活不下去了。所以肖汉的奋起是偶然也是必然！
按照网大的水准去评价，真的是一部惊喜之作。整个故事主线清晰完整，落魄男主结伴逆袭的热血桥段真是永远滴神，总能戳到人内心对最纯粹的成功、友情的渴望；加之又是一部结合爆火电子竞技元素的战斗片，其中演员、置景们对游戏的还原度很高，人物跑步时的僵硬姿态模仿的十分到位了。更难能可贵的是主线之外用父子感情作为辅助线推进剧情，揉进了一点点略微狗血的爱情元素（问题不大），让整体剧情更加饱满了。总之，可以看出创作团队的诚意，没有打着游戏的幌子恰粉丝的烂钱，而是十分用心地在完成一个故事。
有幸提前去看了这部电影。在制作的完成度上，这部可算是网大的标杆之作。画面有质感，拍摄手法也很特别，观影时能沉浸在影片里，很有代入感。肖汉等人打游戏时释放出来的荷尔蒙太有感染力了，学区房战队nb！
完成度比较高的一部游戏改电影了，形式上很容易让我想起《飞驰人生》。同样的，这部影片也难以避免避重就轻，因为主动放弃现实主义的手法而显出奇幻类型的色彩。这种处理一方面因为影片集中在故事情节本身，不需要太多的挖掘内核，这种进行深度思考，这让影片整体氛围非常的轻快，进而让影片的受众增加，另一方面，这种满是浪漫主义色彩的浓浓讲故事味儿让影片成为了不折不扣的流水线产品。当然，如今我对这些现象知道的更多了，再不会纠结于导演和编剧的这种扁平化处理，反而是结尾的学区房彩蛋颇有些点睛的味道，轻巧却有余韵。
吃鸡迷的福利呀，完美还原各大场景。完美刻画了电竞之路的辛酸，人物刻画的也不错，离婚的肖汉为了一套学区房努力着。片尾决赛圈看到很过瘾和自己决赛圈一样紧张
完成度相当高的网大！确实来讲，每个演员演技都在线！剧情过渡也非常自然！作为常年无法吃鸡的人体描边玩家来说，游戏效果重现可以说还原度99%，有笑点有泪点。重点夸灵气十足的小演员！ps监制华五常就是电影里那位资本大佬华五常吗？这是故意的黑色幽默吗？
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