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.
好久没看金相庆演戏了，感觉这个片子里他有点被限制发挥。整个电影其实拍得挺糟糕的，差不多是以一种最笨拙的方式在讲这个故事，浓浓的电视剧质感，只靠最后那20分钟意料之中的所谓“反转”把人吊一下（但是现实生活中真的会这么理想吗？比如男主角答应作证带着隐藏摄像机进入实验室不会被安检吗？“反派”有这么傻？）。当然结局还是能煽你一下，这也是韩式类型片惯用的套路了。看完只觉得，这样的故事在咱这基本上也是不陌生吧，但哪怕都拍成这样了，我们也只有远远看着的份，所以就也没啥好说的。
其他就将个烂就吧
这个系列最大特点不是所谓的不畏强权，而是彻头彻尾的套路、刻意，都是假把式，人物为了反转而行事，所以最后也都是假大空，整个大阴谋还不如谈谈医闹。上一部好歹有陈冲谭卓，这部女演员都一言难尽
同样是改编翻拍，《误杀2》在剧情上选择了一个全新的故事，但一样展现了社会底层人物的挣扎，一个父亲为了救自己的孩子想尽各种办法，甚至不惜劫持医院与公权力抗争，同类型现实题材影片很难做到这一尺度。在亲情体现上也没有刻意煽情，更多的是对现实的思考。影片在悬疑感的营造上也延续了前作的一再反转，但是在某种程度上更抓人。
从一开始就可以窥见主角是好人，一定有冤屈，一定没有真的杀人，最后也不会杀人，后面一定有反转，这在某种程度上消解了作品的观赏性，前半段会显得温吞。当然影片后半段如约而至的「反转」还是挺好看，节奏也不错，虽然没有惊喜，但也不至于烂尾。小人物老老实实生活，有冤屈了也没地方说理，只能依靠网络、媒体帮忙，这点真是熟悉的味道。
这剧本简直无法让人相信是正常智力发育的灵长类动物写出来的，已经到令人发指的地步，全片没有任何符合现实逻辑的细节和台词，正常人根本看不懂，已经傻到可乐，无力吐槽，不过整个影片动机竟然搞个权势滔天的市长为了救儿子的动机，受害者同情理解，可以说现在那些有钱的编剧导到对底层和国家权力对抗的理解肤浅到了荒谬可悲的地步
我觉得没有那么差，剧本确实有点水，情节有比较扯的地方，他们的普通话都让人捉急，很怕达华哥突然冒出一句粤语脏话，还好没有。这个故事呈现出来吧也没有那么差，不至于坐牢，但是煽情部分确实是有点硬。最后还是要再次吐槽，和误杀有什么联系呢？谁误了，误谁了。既然是翻拍另一个电影，自己再起一个名字不是更好。蹭这个热度得不偿失了吧。我可以给6分，然后多加1分给肖央。
花六元买断后看了半小时，我爸委婉地问能不能换一个看看。
这一惊一乍情绪直给的演法（除了肖央）是参考了短视频演法？可有效了是吧。
借“误杀”之名却编了个强行靠入且毫无关系的故事，熟悉的封闭挟持警方包围媒体介入设定，煽情过度到苦情的多处戏码，无意义的喜剧点和恐怖点插入，雷声大雨点小的反独权意图，并无新意。
可能是对误杀2一开始就抱有误解，以为是悬疑片，结果是家庭温情剧，剧情老套，朋友一次次猜中结局，我还满怀期待的说：不，肯定不会这么简单。结果还真就这么简单？？？？我？？？？然后……李治廷浮夸的演技让本来就入戏不是很深的我在电影院笑出了声，一分给我华哥
永恒点映 对美国原版的改编还算不错，结局有所不同也属合理。不过跟上部相比煽情成分多了些，略显刻意。心疼姜皓文又丢官了…
尽管这是根据真实故事改编的，但并没有拍出那种震撼人心的效果，把过多篇幅放在和大企业打官司的过程上，忽略了深度挖掘的价值，导致沦为基本操作。
没看预告就去看了，还在想这个部到底跟上一部有什么链接，看了以后才发现，是内核一致，都在讲父母对孩子的爱，2更多的是讲肖央爸爸对孩子的爱，也是东方亲情中普通人对这个平凡世界无奈的反抗。故事情节也是超出我的预期，反转的剧情的内核也是浓烈的感情的一种表达吧。
论自由媒体监督公权力和煽动民众情绪的辩证意义，论缺乏死亡教育的父母如何完成道德绑架。如果不是“幸运地”被市长抢走了心脏，他们一家如何面对负债累累的生活呢？而小虫的存活，又彻底阻断了多少同样无助的家庭的希望呢？人只有一种病，叫穷病。但是病根不在市长身上。
3.5 没看过《误杀》，所以这回看真的惊呆了：卧槽，还有这种操作？！？！把故事架设在泰国，真的是非常聪明、一举两得的办法，既能规避审查风险，又能走出国门、见到整个华人群体。真的，这才是我们的工业应该输出的东西。但前提又在于，它理应是原创，不然也无非就是面对一下自己观众，制造一个泛华的假象，而这也是这个系列最大的矛盾点。
怪不得要设定在泰国，否则不太好拍啊。#20220204
剧情逻辑槽多无口，小虫原本心脏就是成年人大小，还要移植一个大人的心脏去？市长儿子一个青少年真的可以用小虫要的小孩心脏？are you sure？
没看预告就去看了，还在想这个部到底跟上一部有什么链接，看了以后才发现，是内核一致，都在讲父母对孩子的爱，2更多的是讲肖央爸爸对孩子的爱，也是东方亲情中普通人对这个平凡世界无奈的反抗。故事情节也是超出我的预期，反转的剧情的内核也是浓烈的感情的一种表达吧。
电影总是美好的，有善良的医生、警察以及愿意追求真相的新闻工作者…可是啊，现实呢？现实荒谬的可怕，只是大家习以为常又在庆幸自己不是受害者罢了。很喜欢那句台词“今天的事情发生在林日朗的身上，明天就能发生在千千万万我们的身上。”
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