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.
还不错，感觉比起两部正传，这才更像是马修·沃恩想拍的东西。前者对标却逊于《海扁王》，后者则是对《X战警：第一课》的放飞升级。无外乎是典型的戏说历史，将共济会阴谋论化用在一战语境中，看似不着调，实际提炼简化了政域矛盾，将这场列强洗牌的不义之战解构。英德俄三皇表兄弟的梗，以及妖僧拉斯普廷的刻画都很棒，野史迷都能会心一笑吧。至于辱苏和对大英余晖的迷恋，肯定是有的，但沃恩并不是那种讨人厌的古板遗老，王男系列本质是套着B级壳子的绅士精神输出，符合潮流。他懂得与时俱进，让旧精神在新时代焕发生机，这点很难得。尤其是让家仆成为维护和平的生力军，一定程度是对贵族传统的打破，对比肯尼思·布拉纳简直高下立判。不过搁十年前估计片子不会有太大非议，但放在这个强调敌我的时代，就显得没太有眼力见。
就真的扯淡～自己儿子死了，替他完成未完成成就。问题是他自带主角buff，死的也过于仓促了吧？没被枪林弹雨伤中，被战友当间谍一枪毙命。实在是不知道该说什么，真的荒谬。合着英国特工解救一切？还有这么黑列宁实在～
给羊的镜头就知道最后肯定有她
挺认真的电影呀，怎么分这么低？反派有点蠢，polly很出彩
不知道为什么，就我的观感而言，已经丧失了看系列第一部时的震惊，也少了很多期待。
直接拍成恶搞B级片好了。儿子上战场以后就看的很不认真了。。。之所以看得不认真，我觉得应该是电影的原因。。。😒🤔
例行公事一般的就演完了。一战战场那段还算可以，其他部分不行。
当时被称为绅士
也没说的那么差，主要是完全没有继承这个系列的优点，戏说历史这块也没啥亮点，就显得特别平庸。
虽然没抱任何希望，但也没想到The King's Man会这么烂，很难想象与第一部Kingsman是同一个导演的作品，马修·沃恩有种英国王晶的即视感了。
太难看了，剧情无逻辑，人物没有行为动机。某些镜头的暗示令人不适。珍爱生命，远离烂片
很好看，怎么评分只有5.4分？？可能是前半段动作不够多，但是后面很精彩，特别是落在敌人总部的悬崖边上。推荐！
勿喷。先声明我是历史白痴，看电影就看个乐呵，代表一小部分p民。就感觉拍的挺好的。尤其俄国人那段，有k1那味儿。小男主帅的一批，看第一眼就想如此干净的小帅哥之前都被藏哪去了？而且当我以为搞主角光环的时候，小帅哥居然…（不剧透）。还有好几处都挺反套路的。摄影和特效做的都特别好。一直是king‘s man忠实粉丝。k2时候感觉要flop，没想到做前传完全扳回来了。感觉是近期看的院线片里前几名（除去歪曲历史部分）
其实跟前面几部也没啥区别。除了第一部开头有点新设定，后面其实都是正常的动作片。这部把历史背景搞得很大，也有些故事原型，比如组织的仆人团队专门刺探领导级的秘密，不过黑漂亮国总统黑的有点过分了……最后的结局实在是太仓促了。
本以为系列要走下坡路，结果意外的比第二部好很多。
马修的恶搞现代性太强，一百多年前的一战真的装不进去。这是用汉堡的烹饪技法做小蛋糕啊。不过评论区里也是奇观，列宁和普林西普就不能恶搞了你家规定的啊？高中历史书你当圣经么？
不是啊，首赞就觉得性暗示那段不舒服。但在我这里那段humble monk才是高光。另外就是好大儿从军的理想主义幻灭，虽然唏嘘，但总觉得需要尊重。世界需要这样的热血方刚。
本以为拉叔只是镶边客串，没想到居然是大男主+动作担当，大惊喜。不过作为前传，编导仿佛在严肃战争反思与荒诞谍战喜剧的风格间迷失了反向，从纯架空到历史解构的世界观改革也颇为踉跄。而最大的问题是King’s Man的核心价值，披着和平外衣的后殖民主义救世主思想深入骨髓而不自知，简直虚伪到令人咋舌。
太难看了，剧情无逻辑，人物没有行为动机。某些镜头的暗示令人不适。珍爱生命，远离烂片
戏说什么的都还好，主要是前面铺垫也太长了！！！真的好无聊！
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