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.
放弃思考的电影，放弃思考的时代，几乎是属于“故意犯错”的电影（指电影层面，非内容层面），甚至从一开始就没有想让人类得救。有近几年主流电影里最令人印象深刻的剪辑——嘲讽的、变幻的、跳脱的、宏大的、疯狂的、感性的，但从来都不是理性的。
结局给五星。从“彗星撞地球”到这部“别抬头看‘彗星撞地球’”，我们见证人类精气神的逐渐下跌，可能还不是谷底，就是坠落、坠落下去……
一部喜剧却看得人一肚子闷气，鸡同鸭讲从来都是血压升高情绪爆炸的导火索，反讽力度拉满结尾彩蛋更上层楼——而就目前大势但凡资姓国的现实情况恐怕不比电影好到哪里去；这电影拍出来除了恶心自己也误伤了别人，非常具有喜剧内核但就是笑不出来，太难受了。。// PS. A妹开口跪！
21年最后一天看完的，超豪华的卡司，讽刺的本意是好的，但夹杂了太多没有用的环节导致观感极其分裂。。。
真厉害，目瞪口呆，害怕，好笑。哈哈哈哈哈。我们当然互相同情，彼此提醒。在这个把我们注意力干稀巴烂，集体思考水平低下的年代。但下这样的断言只能是个电影，没有人有资格去给这个正在发生的时空做评判。否则就是另外一个喜剧电影的主题了。也有可能是这个灾难太tm大，除了珍惜身边美好的一切，确实也没好办法。但是喜剧是喜剧，痛快点呈现某个片段就行了。有可能呢，聪明的人早就做好准备，就好像躺平的人说我们曾经真的努力过。这个喜剧也太悲伤了吧，就好像话都让他说完了，剩下一个傻仔在独自喊妈妈。就真的和真的一样，没法辩驳。但也蛮开心，末日来临都一样，还不如真诚点。每个小群体行为都有道理，但无法达成更大范围的共识，除非某类人毁灭，这才是最可怕的事情
这出政治讽刺剧有点用力过猛，很多地方太低级黑和刻意了，真的像在看SNL一样，尤其前半段，后半段好多了。
过于真实以至于有点笑不出来。看完也想大声质问“为什么人们不害怕？！”那么多天灾人祸，那么多隔阂对立，怎么还有那么多人跟没事儿人似的吃喝玩乐纵欲挥霍？
亚当麦凯的节奏有点迷，可以删掉一些情节，留些三星少将卖白宫零食的段子就够讽刺了，要知道奇爱博士只有95分钟啊。
Based on true story. 总体还是太像拼贴画了
但肯定还有一拨人不会把命运寄托在那批不靠谱的人身上，而是自己去闯一条生路的。
各种讽刺看得挺开心比如stupid tiktok challenges 这星光闪闪的lineup光写完大家的名字都要花好长时间 茶就无足轻重的凑热闹角色 Cate身材好好！对比起来老李被称什么最性感科学家可见鬼去吧他在这里看着的确像我和我的家乡里范伟的扮相 如果知道什么时候会死 在死之前会做什么呢？和亲朋好友聚在一起最后的晚餐其实挺不错
绝对是这两年最好的电影。密集的段子，极致的荒诞与真实，把科学和资本和政治的合谋和分裂写得淋漓尽致。刚看完还处于宇宙混沌状态，脑子里只有一句振聋发聩的话：peer review真的是太重要了！！！
主讲新冠肆虐大美利坚这茬子事，苹果华为之争、霉霉恋情绯闻、弗洛伊德事件等也面面俱到影射。好莱坞啊，全美最大民主党左派大本营，众星接下此片应该也是闻出了剧本的现实讽刺意义，梅姨亲自演特朗普挖苦；大表姐也真会挑剧本，《母亲！》直指默克尔难民政策，这部则辛辣开刷当今整个病态美国。
挺讽刺的，我意外觉得挺好看的，虽然有点抑制所有cast的发挥
裹着喜剧外衣的大型政治灾难片，元旦贺岁喜剧一点也不喜，挺悲的其实。包括最后主角一桌坐在桌前等灰飞烟灭都很让人感到悲伤。另外这个片子最不合理的部分不应该是BASH的飞碟机计划都完蛋了，为什么太空环游竟然能成功呢。大表姐的演出令人眼前一亮，靓了一整部片子，这个妆发实在是太适合她了。
我真的受够了Netflix这类重辣重咸的麻辣香锅片子了，吃第一口刺激，第三口后想说有完没完啊，然后舌头麻痹，感觉被快凝固的红油蒙住肠胃，最后端上一杯搞成人文关怀的柠檬茶给你解腻，救命啊！！
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又见甜茶，大表姐好久不见。反讽既直白又粗暴，但也正是《不要抬头》最好笑的地方。 / 2022.1.7 家
很神奇，你把它当喜剧来看，完全笑不出来；但你把它当科幻看，omg，笑死。所以，我们这两年的生活也是这样，当喜剧来过，抑郁，当末日科幻大片来过，噢，genius！
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