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.
很久没看到含腾量高的电影了。整部电影让人不断在悲喜两种情绪中转换。就我个人而言，这部电影相对于沈腾其他作品，可以令人反复想起的笑点不多，但整体还算有趣。令人含泪的片段不少，包括寻找宇宙之锤以及最后撞击圆派+。不喜欢黄子韬和辣目洋子的戏份，没有那种自然的喜剧演技，显得很刻意。除了情节之外，最让我惊喜的就是动画和特效的制作水准，尤其是开头那一段令人印象深刻，有种乐高大电影的感觉。评价八分，电影故事情节给六分（及格水准），电影动画加一分，沈腾电影自带一分😁
3.5星。尬的地方太尬（比如袋鼠出现后的前40分钟），有些情节非常不科学不物理。然而开头和结尾的2分钟动画还不错（谁做的定格好可爱！），以及月面滑板+宇宙里的个人英雄主义太浪漫了我大声哭泣😭
开心麻花导演编剧真的拉胯，喜剧也煽情，还升华了将近四十分钟。美团绝对投资了而且力度不小。刚子配上黄色宇航服，真有你的，分分钟出戏。
顺顺说，这怎么就是喜剧呢？我在想，加个袋鼠，就算喜剧了？说实话，不太好看，太假了。#20220730
开心麻花作品序列里男性凝视和厌女的部分已经太老生常谈，但把这些放在一边，突然在想，烂片其实也在参与书写我们的时代，而《独行月球》甚至吊诡地和时代形成一种呼应：被官方叙事（配音的动作）剥夺了主体性和为自己发声权利的英雄模范人物，ta的本来面目如何是不重要的，作为观众的民众，也只能适时感动适时爆笑适时流泪，灾难来临生存空间逼仄的时候，通过捏造故事鼓舞人心远比其他任务更重要。电影里有演员（独孤月）、有导演/ 导演 / 编剧 / （亚洲部领导班子）、有观众（民众），这一套模式既是现实的写照，也正在完成对观众的教化，这在影片被寄予救市希望且市场表现不错的情形下更让我觉得恐怖且气愤，我们难道就只能看这些东西吗。
感觉没想象的那么好笑，或者说，完全不怎么好笑。但是画面挺好看的，浪漫又调皮。
说实话笑点一般，仅有的几个好笑的小点也因为影厅里笑点过低的人过于生硬的尬笑而不搞笑了，后期转向感动甚至结尾的悲壮，过于宏大的母题使得和前半部分格格不入，再配上宏壮的音乐，变得做作起来，全片最优秀的地方不是沈腾和袋鼠的感情，而是改编的美国经典乡村歌曲非常好听，结尾还看到剧本来自韩国搞笑漫画家赵石的作品，我们的原创力还是差啊
很用心诚恳的作品了，笑点不三俗，有创意，就是煽情太多了。
低配喜剧版《流浪地球》。梗合格，但没有突破，只是度了层“科幻金”
末日设定、宇宙太空、牛逼特效、神经科幻、地球观众（地球的戏份真的很尬）都是为沈腾搭起来的舞台。虽然有些笑点硬挠脚板心，有些泪点处心积虑，但好在没有网络梗。有几幕画面是壁纸级的诗意浪漫，从小品电影里升华成仙了。
你会死，我会死，死就死。我们就是他的光，我们就是他的希望。带我回家
结尾搞了个类似流浪地球的牺牲情节，但一秒反转在悲剧上并不奏效，所以这一段其实没什么泪点，或者说比较难共情吧。
低配版相关题材的究极拼凑，很乱很刻意很常规套路很没惊喜，导演毫无控制力。作为电影来评价很烂，作为低预期的短视频大屏幕版场景氛围消费来看待凑凑合合，出于对沈腾的偏爱勉强加到三颗星
不过节奏还算是蛮紧凑的，很少会有觉得无聊的剧情，在开心麻花自己的作品中能排个中上吧。作为一部喜剧，特效也还可以。配乐用得也还不错。
唯一多余的就是那一份没有必要的爱情，其实与袋鼠之间的友情，对家乡的思念，对信念的坚定，才是最难能可贵的。人在最孤独最无助的时候，最需要的是希望和信念。
四星鼓励。喜剧慢慢加入煽情再过渡到个人英雄很自然呀，觉得已经是国产商业片在这类情节处理方面的标杆了，以前一些喜剧片的动机和转折简直僵硬幼稚到不行。看评论怎么那么多觉得不搞笑或者煽情不好的，着实摸不透现在大众的口味…开头番茄酱和袋鼠引入的部分做的有点无聊，和之后的氛围有些脱节。地球上的灯光字幕是借鉴超越巅峰吧，但那一段我觉得比结尾更煽情，做的不错。
电影卖大钱，公司不裁员。老板心情好，上班压力小。
超出期待。
7、唯一的优点，就是不像某京的某片，搞什么大国沙文主义那套。并且又认清并取关了部分拿钱影评人～
后续哭点也无动于衷。。。
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