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.
赤胆饮歌响山岗，寒雪起舞送英魂。先烈用身躯浇铸成最冷的枪，用五脏打造狙击的子弹，用骨子构筑祖国的山河，用血花捻做必胜的信念指引着回家的路，换吾侪喜乐安康。
强设定，硬转折，满配乐，廉价的子弹时间，为煽而煽的做作，同为狙击手电影对标一下兵临城下你就知道哪个在天上哪个在地下了
看完闭幕式就来二刷狙击手了，被闭幕式震撼到也被狙击手震撼
齐心团结紧
热泪男儿，英雄也可以情感丰富
中小成本，镜头讲究，没弱化对手，至于煽情，中段部分的配乐太满了，结尾反而觉得很合理，也能打动我。
不愧是老谋子！！！就是说枪战片都拍的和普通人的不一样
小切入点，单调场景，能拍得如此有节奏感是真不错。就是子弹特效和煽情音乐可以再少点，削弱了片子整体的冷静和克制感。
狙击手这部电影真的是没有让我们失望呀，张艺谋导演镜头下的作品真的是太让人惊艳了吧，这样精彩又具有纪念意义的战争片真的很爱！
好看的 IMAX的影音效果确实让我感同身受 几次泪目 共产党的胜利是必然的
春节档看的第一部电影，中规中矩，章宇的演技确实可以。
感谢emo带来的冬奥会开幕典礼，支持emo的电影～
雄起！很震撼很细腻！只用一个场景、一个战场、一个故事诠释了牺牲的爱！！
挺好的一片子。别的先不说，就凭时长先从动不动两小时往上压回90分钟，就值得好评。故事不错，画面也OK，最后碰到连长和大部队时真的瞬间泪目。给老谋子点赞。
章宇厉害到让我忘记了智障化的美军，小而精的96分钟做到了清晰交代和充分运用物理空间:从高到地依次为山顶、山腰、战壕、平地，每个高度都有不同功能，结尾加入坦克和石头两个护体对照，又为“美军有坦克炮弹精良装备、五班有我们”点题。白茫茫的雪地，极少的护体，极简的场景反而强化了对峙的紧张感，我军上山时有一个背影画面甚至一度以为是黑白滤镜。这部的美军比金某川聪明了一点，但也很弱智。
虎父无犬子，国师带闺女拍的也这么硬！章宇，我又可以了！！！
也很喜欢电影里对敌军的处理 本来以为会描写他们内乱 自乱阵脚 但没有 就算是反派也是在关键时刻压抑得住情绪 保持理智的 双方是势均力敌的 结局也并非压倒性胜利 甚至可以说是险胜 这样的设置下 双方交战的紧张气氛更浓郁 我方的优势劣势更清晰地突显
真的很好看！战火纷飞的年代，明知前路是死但为了祖国为了人民仍慷慨就义的精神太感动了！
雄起！很震撼很细腻！只用一个场景、一个战场、一个故事诠释了牺牲的爱！！
劇本不錯，戰爭雙方，沒有自誇正義，也沒有強踩對方邪惡，沒有自吹自擂多神勇，也沒有把對方寫成蠢蛋。導演不錯，從頭到尾就一場戰鬥，節奏把控比較老到，有限的筆墨能刻畫多個角色。演員不錯，章宇很好，幾個年輕演員也都自然且準確。然而，該片最值得誇讚的點並不是這些，而是說方言的角色均由原鄉籍演員出演，所以，該片的成都話、重慶話、樂山話、貴陽話均標準且自然，可以說是迄今為止看過的大量使用南方方言（除難度較高的粵語、閩南語、潮語、滬語外）的電影中，唯一（唯一！唯一！！唯一！！！）一部口音不彆扭的。但是，但凡子彈特寫，就一定能讓對方致命，而且還多次出現，也算得上一個蠻小兒科的bug。
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