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.
2、史密斯和墨菲斯回归 in 闪回，很激动，当然还有黑客众演员
如果给你一次选择的机会，你有没有勇气醒来面对这个世界
全片都充满了一种“老子也不想拍但是华纳说谁拍都是拍那与其让别人毁了招牌还不如让我自己来”的自暴自弃感，台词里零零散散的到处都是拉娜沃卓斯基对华纳比的中指，要是预算没这么高的话说不定能剑走偏锋地成为B级邪典经典，而且动作戏真的混乱又难看……那为什么还要看呢？当然是为了尼奥和崔尼蒂的重聚啊TT^TT！
竟然这么低分，可能过分反应现实的内容会刺痛很多人的自我认知吧。解构与元叙事，文本太扎实了，除了那个小程序被解释地有点潦草，整体来说还是超乎意料的。
作为粉丝向作品处处强行怀旧，但还是感觉被喂了屎一样如鲠在喉。最近的院线电影真让人怀疑影迷兜里的钱是不是大风刮来的（对，说的就是spiderman，kingsman和本作）
好吧，没有人机大战，还是人人大战，重生系统之间又打架，不痛不痒，这种隔靴搔痒的感觉太熟悉了。但是trinity比the one会飞，够女权。
将一个有关freewill和现实真相的哲学命题，拉回到爱情故事，只能说格局小了。降低了MATRIX的能力和智商。（看到Barney就跳戏想说legendary）。开篇的矩阵嵌套是个亮点，虽然之前也想到过，但是没有再深入挖掘有点可惜（不然就成盗梦空间了）。Ps. 其中一些设定和衔接需要大家了解官方后续剧情MATRIX ONLINE里面的故事。（包括现实中的墨菲斯之死、矩阵的再次更新、机器爆发的战争等）
基本上开头十几分钟就把设定交代明白了，根本没什么惊喜可言。每个角色的动机都太明显了。。老三部曲的各种元素被强行复刻的场景都尬得说不出话来。唯一的亮点就是电影开头不久的官方吐槽，黑爆非要狗尾续貂的华纳，真的是明明白白地直接骂娘啊！从没见过这样攻击制片方的，挺过瘾，感受到了主创团队内心深深的操蛋233
我喜欢。真的是：有些事情，你要先相信，才可能有，才能谈别的。——咦，这不就是人类想象力和片中所说所谓自由意志的力量。而且，第四部的文戏爱情戏很动人啊。这年头，能刻画得让人愿意相信和感动的爱情戏，都是稀罕物。Trinity一如既往地那么赞！感动了！女编导真好！哪怕打斗场面看似在炒旧饭，但是本来三部曲之后谁还在这两个半小时单片上放重点啊！感谢导演拎得清！基努里维斯又演了一个好赞的中年爱情戏！这个剧本真的不弱！而且能看到主创的真诚，她做出来的成片，真的符合导演自述中的称述，这种执行力也很赞。《Jonh Wick》的导演客串女主丈夫的彩蛋真的笑到我了哈哈哈哈哈
123早都忘了
前半个小时吐槽资本压迫不得不拍续集，接着半个小时制作组努力尝试超越自己前作最终无果，之后就完全放弃治疗。既然我不能追上甚至是超越过去的自己，那么就由我来亲手毁掉它。这样决绝和勇气，远比电影本身精彩得多。整个观影过程，外套脱了又穿，穿了又脱；手机拿起又放下，放下又拿起；哈欠打了一个，又打了一个。这样毁经典，完全资本产物的电影，既不想给它评分，也不打算去电影院里让资本捞钱，不如去把之前三部曲的光碟买回来再回味一遍。
眼看他起高楼，眼看他楼塌了。。。乘兴而来，败兴而归。
3.最后要说的是演员了，老演员雨果艾隆王请不起，请新演员模仿，就和亮剑翻拍一样，小鲜肉演技真不行。导演还没事就放几段老三部曲片段，简直自我打脸。
为什么要有那些闪回啊。而且也太多sense 8的演员了吧。。。感觉像在看超感猎杀圣诞特别篇，虽然我还挺喜欢他们的。这个故事啊，我真的是看不懂啊。。。
中年危机英雄迟暮的neo，很多熟面孔，增加了演员种族多样性，说话太多以至于没有以前那么酷了
这拍的都是啥，俩姐妹为了嘲笑华纳搞的喜剧嘛？喜剧也不合格。就各种为了凑剧情瞎编，都看睡着了。拍这种垃圾电影真的太浪费各种资源！！
在原3部曲已经完美闭环的基础上，要不破坏原著又要重启故事，并且科技已经发展到现今这个程度，确实难度不小。华纳也是疯批了，重启这个项目还给这么大的预算，烧钱程度可以和复联媲美，在全球疫情大大影响票房的环境下，不知是对2位年老色衰的主演号召力太有信心，还是对这个项目太有信心。蛮好的一个故事，但拍的七零八落的，靠故事解读才能理解。基努甚至连John Wick过来的造型都懒得换一下。
“认定现实”内，疫情年代忙讨生活的人们，真的会想要去突破矩阵，寻找“元宇宙”那头的锡安和IO？摆明了架势怀旧自恋的重启矩阵，乘着疲乏的子弹时间，穿越到最后，也不过老调重弹地想要世人突破舒适区，去呼喊去争取“自由意志”。也可能习惯了“口罩矩阵”的国人，会对这样的重启麻木而无感吧。如若少花点时间去自解和自嘲前作，多花点精力去探讨舒适奶嘴和胶囊自由的利弊，才能更有点吸引力吧。
老李打不动了所以改用冲击波了，唉……这发型是为疾速4备的吧。重温了1-3后实在连三星都不想给。不过，这应该就是主创们想要的（彩蛋），把这shit扔还给华纳。
好家伙，拉娜·沃卓斯基花了华纳这么多钱就为了亲自给华纳比一个大大的中指，还挺牛逼？？？
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