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.
整个剧本和《大圣归来》殊途同归，其实“国漫崛起”这几年，至少70%以上的动画剧本都是套公式：一长一幼的冒险之旅，过程中互相救赎，最后合家欢收尾。也许这种“黔驴技穷”会成为国漫今后长时间的一种状态。
主要是带小朋友看，形象还是挺可爱的，但是成年人就…可能是我更喜欢看有深度的
二星半。不看劇本看溜冰之外，反思一下"戰爭"倒正逢其時。
漏洞多到忍无可忍 …另外 看过女主角几部影片 但实在不喜欢她那个长相
冰天雪地好漂亮 情节一般 生化武器令人胆寒
男主大冤种，不过很帅
PS:其实更喜欢里面的2D画风……
感觉是逻辑好不通，但滑冰送病毒这个点子有点独特的，整个基调都是萧杀 ，搞了半天要毁掉，也是醉了
片子质量真的比预期高出很多，尤其是人物、场景、动作特效的亮点极为突出
不错，影片比想象的好。故事虽然简单，但最终呈现效果都还不错。可惜差了个齐天大圣或哪吒那样的IP，在传播上吃了很大的亏。
两个小时冬季两项！
这女人自私自利,明知病毒会毁灭人类,为了见到自己家人，宁可杀死队友也要把病毒送过去毁灭人类，发现女儿不在基地,又想毁灭病毒怕女儿感染？从不考虑其他人！最后活下来的男人反倒还算伟大无私一些,一直都想毁灭病毒,哪怕自己已经安全了还冒着生命危险去帮这个自私的女人！
Netflix/ 设定很新奇 一边滑冰一边打仗 第一次看瑞典语的片子 保持着Netflix Original的一贯水准
没有远程捣蛋真吃亏，还要人工送。开车冰不够厚，开船冰又太厚，那飞机不行么？
所有角色设计都很矛盾，中尉尤其如此。出场就莫名其妙，冰上逃跑也很诡异，最后成了英雄已经救不了世界，还和给自己开黑枪的联手，你的原则哪去了？
瑞士电影，还以为是俄罗斯呢，脸盲语言盲，有几个桥段还不错
到底在干什么啊……编剧能不能好好自圆其说一下啊……一开始我以为是科幻片，后来以为是灾难片，结果是温情家庭片…这是为了什么呀……冰天雪地那些剧情拍的还行，想去北极圈看极光了…
各方面都非常平庸，在春节档上映的确是少了看点。两星。
国产动画的细节还算不错。故事有点单薄。能一眼看到头。过年期间，是亲子共享的不错选择。
战争、政治的谎言，人性的反思。
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