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.
年度最佳国语电影+OST。狮头的表情生动丰富吊打内娱明星。植被、巷陌、都市都还原准确，满当当有烟火气。飞花和挤过高楼缝隙的朝阳，奇观有，剪切也利落。前程还有故事套路人物脸谱对白口号化的担忧，从预选赛结束开始截然两片，爱情亲情愤怒这些元素在那里，不是人物前进的动力而是压负他的现实，用偶尔的搞笑中和掉狗血气。能赢一次就是奇迹，一次奇迹影响不了现实，但足以照亮自己。并不存《莫欺少年穷》里那样改变的期翼，鼓点只是给自己信心与安慰。这么一想，没有前面那些鸡汤可能不够正能量罢。作为一条出生拿了普通剧本的半干咸鱼，看那些努力生活的姿态本身，就非常美。
4星半 。影片的主人公钱德鲁説过：一个人不在于拥有什么才能，而是可以用才能做些什么。影片中拉贾坎努案人身保护令的颁发突破了法律的限制，《杰伊•比姆》则在文化输出上让印度出圈。即便在电影制作本身上还存在一些不足，但不影响展现的事件的重要性
影片出现了太多周星驰电影的桥段和设计，很多甚至分镜都一样，已经远超致敬层面了。
虽然套路，但，真的好燃啊！！！后半段各种热泪瞬间。结尾收得很好，不用真的给一个奇迹瞬间，足够感动就够了。舞狮如人生，都是上山下山。未必都会赢，但一定不能认输。另外，其实舞狮并不能改变什么，也不会真的让你走向成功。但生活中总是要有点奔头，要有一口气，这才是活下去的理由，也是会觉得热血的原因。
我更喜欢阿娟在天台练舞狮的那一段，
摘下，就回到生活本身。
那么，你到底是黑暗，或是在黑暗中等待光，还是做一束照亮黑暗的光！
前半段配音烂、节奏烂、笑料烂，后半段老子一顿暴哭，燃死我得了，真的太顶了，简直是一杯呛鼻的烈酒。完完全全用真人片逻辑拍摄的动画电影，真没有想到如此具有现实质感和人文关怀，对于舞狮文化的展现堪称完美。话说男主角剔头之后也太像易烊千玺了吧！
这才是国漫应该有的样子啊啊啊啊啊
男主律师很帅，此电影对印度低种姓阶层的刻画过于真实，真实得令我很难过。印度电影是真敢拍，对女主来说，她最想要的绝对不是钱，房子，而是找回孩子的父亲。
你要说它有多优秀，其实质量一般，更多的是题材优势。整部片子依靠成熟的商业化制作模式，近乎直白地将矛头对准了印度种姓制度，倒是把隔壁韩国电影那套学了个彻底，但不得不说，这几年，印度电影的整体质量提升不少，各种类型片频出。
很多人被现实按在地上摩擦，最终屈服了。
整部作品在精神气质上没有迂腐的匠气，而是充满热忱与新颖，挖掘出道地的岭南风情和民间生活的趣味，提炼舞狮的精髓，而且处处充满现实主义的人文关怀。剧作/人物成长更得了周星驰电影的道，舞狮是皮，喜剧是形，励志是魂，对传统文化实现了创造性转化。虽是动画，却是用电影视听完成叙事，行云流水、挥洒自如，甚至不似看动画，每个细节都很精心——小到落叶、水滴落下的弧度与速度，动作与音乐的强弱协奏，大到城市/乡村和人物情感的距离。天台独舞和最后的踩桩采青更是壮观的。角色发展在意料之中，离乡飘零和重披战衣，随上山下山的舞狮哲学所交融。文化根源随人物气节而重生，未曾“睡着”。
这是我看的第一部印度正剧吧。现在想来，印度电影给人最深刻的印象是一贯的喜剧风格。我喜欢那样的印度电影，有欢快的舞蹈和音乐，要表达的主题也自然地呈现出来。
其实我并没有觉得有那么那么好看，当然在我这里大圣归来、哪吒之魔童降世也就是还行，只是对于动画电影我会更多持鼓励的态度。当然本片确实有很多积极的意义和可圈可点的地方，很多人评价里也提到了，首先不再是老掉牙的神话题材，是原创IP，而且还偏现实主义，又有较多的方言和地域特色，更有九连真人和五条人的插曲，对于舞狮这类传统文化的展现和最后的高潮部分都非常值得一提，同时结局回归现实，对阶级的展现也算是比较难得的。相信张苗自己都没料到电影口碑会爆得这么出色吧，陈思诚不知道会不会焦虑，或者感到背后一丝凉意？误杀2会被截胡吗？其实我持谨慎乐观的态度，以及并不赞同在工作日进行点映的策略。下周二误杀2的点映会看出端倪，毕竟背靠万达，雄狮在市场上能跃升到擎天柱吗？拭目以待！
去年的高分新电影，很不错，影片时长很容易给人劝退，不过电影确实精彩，演员演的很好，不得不说男主真是太帅了，给足了观众想要的正义感，为主角的光明伟大所感动。发现我一看这类电影的时候就特别容易感动，看不得别人那么可怜委屈。这电影让我想起了之前看过的熔炉，不过熔炉是没有斗争成功，这里面是斗争成功了，这里面虽然是成功了，但貌似只是成了一小部分，印度的种姓制度太可怕了。当时看了熔炉之后感叹到韩国能拍出这种电影就很牛，现在看完了这部Jai Bhim之后觉得印度也很牛，相较之下。。。电影也让我想到了何以为家，都展示了残酷的现实，人被社会环境压迫的已经不是个人了。更让我难受的是这电影是根据真实故事改编的。电影的歌曲不错，不像之前看的印度片那般尬歌，作为BGM存在没违和感。说这电影是印度版的辩护人，得找时间给辩护人看了
漂亮国还给印度戴上了最大的民主国家，若这样的垃圾国家都是民主，民主真的是被滥用了。
太尬了，星爷的低级模仿秀，看睡了，浪费时间。
完全按电影分镜画的吧，调度运镜都太牛了。一切都恰到好处，乍一看还是老励志套路，但其中的分寸拿捏的太好了。被剧透了五条人和九连，怎么没人和我说还有椅子啊。
小问题不少，但走心程度让影片瑕不掩瑜了。今天很巧买到了有导演映后交流的场次，有个战狼男观众提问导演为什么要给人物设计成“眯眯眼”，导演大概意思是说他的电影是为了真正的观众拍的，他相信真正的观众不会有这个问题，讲完这句全场疯狂鼓掌。
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