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.
……这种故事明明是有一种被压抑的冲动在里面的 在这种完美无缺的框架的禁锢下无论是横向还是纵向都失去张力 会变成这样其实在创作层面蛮可怕的（指的是我心目中全球最好的女性导演坎皮恩老师变得过于迷恋自己的控制能力这件事）
开场，菲尔一边嘲笑彼得的女孩子气一边把手指插进彼得折叠的纸花花心；终场，彼得就在菲尔这只手上下了毒让菲尔毒发身亡——这是花的反噬，是女孩子气对所谓男性气概的反扑。不过影片最后只完成了这条线，前半部菲尔与乔治与萝丝之间铺排的爱恨纠缠到后半部都落空了，特别是菲尔挂在嘴边的乔治基本上隐身了，而乔治怎么可能看着萝丝痛苦看着她堕落却不出场呢？其实这三者之间的纠缠不止是爱恨不止是菲尔和彼得之间那种性的交锋，他们更是被困在茫茫荒原上的孤独者——乔治和萝丝在寻找出口找到了彼此，而菲尔却被抛下黑化成了荒野中的曹七巧。
相当慢热以至前四十分钟都很无聊，但！越看越来神，直至最后野心暴露火力全开 ！选了这么个题材又攒了这么多不要钱似的巨星却搞成了一部反高潮冷笑点社会讽刺片，谁能不唏嘘一句奈飞有钱任性呐 。＃果然要宣传任何主张最紧要就是编个slogan然后植进一首洗脑歌里＃
问题在于菲尔这个角色明显是没有死的必要的，反而儿子这个角色透着一股志得意满的邪恶
还是很厉害的 那个交换抽烟的镜头堪称经典
亚当·麦凯的尝试存在一些前置的局限，在垃圾影像高度泛滥的今天，将这些放置于银幕以于嘲讽变得像富人们身上的赘肉一般，因此作为一部喜剧它几乎完全不奏效，但他也未能进一步地走向情节剧（正如杜蒙所做的那样），或者彻底献身于一种超验式的浪漫（当然，这一点费拉拉在十年前就做得更加完美），这些终究都来得太迟，也是美国主流电影自身的一种症候。
u r the wickeder ‘dog’
令人着迷的影像和心理张力，坎皮恩似乎太沉溺于这个故事的主观讲述，于是并没有太多空间留给观众。
这掌控力，这尺度拿捏，这审美段位，这人物塑造，绝妙无比，意味深长。
太长了扣分，压缩到一个半小时会很牛逼的（以及这是我本人最害怕的题材，堪称个人向恐怖片，因为我有宇宙恐惧症（如果有这个病的话
克制版烧女图？拍得太压抑，浪费了卷福一身戏
完全冲奥相。沉静、克制、残忍的凌迟。女导演在approach各类故事的时候总会贡献更不一般的角度和方式，而Jane Campion这一次选择了留白，将叙事任务更多地交给镜头语言来完成。角色间的张力靠运镜实现，再以特写与音效构建意向群，为观众补充剧本之外的可阐释的信息。更难得的是，在大量的留白之下，故事的完整性和流畅性还能得以保持，这真的很考验导演功力。看到有人说这一部像马力克，对不起啊，作为一个看过他所有电影还做过他研究的人，马力克的作品空洞太多了好嘛！
呈现方式非常文学性，两位男主角表演的分寸感都非常好，但剧本的问题也很明显，节奏差，隐喻好，逻辑弱，氛围强。妙处在于片中处处有对照，BC和小男孩的关系与他多年前与养父的关系恰成镜像，BC的外表悍勇内心脆弱和小男孩外表柔弱内心狠辣也是对照。和断背山氛围相近而侧重不同，断背山是真的在探讨同性爱与公序良俗之间的张力，而犬之力探讨的是男子气概对男性的压抑和相应的变异结果。“做个男人”有时候也是枷锁与诅咒。故事里最弱的环节大概是CD这个人物，邓斯特真的是伤仲永，成年之后的角色几乎都比不过少年与童年演的那些，表演的说服力和感染力和BC一比真的差太多。
电影差评比较多的原因有两个，一是它讽刺了太多人太多东西，二是它打着喜剧的幌子，演员也在卖力地夸张的表演，但是出来的效果却并不好笑。好笑的部分都在预告片里了。一部喜剧但是不好笑，必然会惹怒观众。但是，这部电影最难得的地方是主创真的很悲观很愤怒，只是无解，能发现问题，但是没有办法，非常无奈
明着讽刺，就索然无味了。就像对一个人说：我要开始骂你了哦，草泥马，嘻嘻😁
是有同性元素，但主线剧情并不是《断背山》那样的爱情。你看到的不是爱情，而是爱情名义下的骗局。不得不说，本尼这个角色是他本人的一个突破，以前几乎都是高智商的英国人，这次演个刻薄、混蛋的美国西部牛仔，挺像的，口音也不违和。我一直觉得演红脖子最像的就是杰西·普莱蒙，这次本尼和杰西一起表演，并没被比下去。故事讲的是哥哥见不得弟弟的新婚妻子，对她各种言语折磨。妻子的儿子为了给母亲报仇，想办法把哥哥给弄了。外来的小崽子把家里的顶梁柱杀了！比起本尼，柯蒂·斯密特-麦菲演的弱鸡小男士更让人印象深刻，先是示弱，然后假装亲近，最后扮猪吃老虎。残忍而冷血。几场欲望戏很含蓄，点到为止，还是挺美的。怀俄明和蒙大拿其实接壤，但没有断背山的蒙大拿，也没有那温柔。你以为迎接自己的是爱情的绽放，最后却迎来了鲜血的喷涌。
本来要煽牛，但是三分之二时间都在磨刀，最后把牛杀了
年度梗王，太好笑了！世界末日来了，有人想着支持率，有人想着流量，有人想着挣钱，有人想着做爱，只有科学家真正想要拯救世界。360度无死角的反美黑色幽默，《政局边缘》之后最带劲的政治讽刺，大表姐赞爆，剪辑赞爆！
啊哈哈哈哈哈我笑不活了，虽然全都是低级黑但是，我真太喜欢这个了，剪辑也很有意思，马克里朗斯这个演法我很服，这也应该是近些年来卡司最豪华的片，真·全熟脸，我以为制片成本一半都拿来请演员了，但后面的视觉效果着实让我惊艳一把，还有配乐和A妹的歌完爆今天我刚看完的魔法满屋啊
“我通过成为男子汉而杀掉我的父，成全我的母”
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