This isn't your backyard childhood game of cowboys and Indians, nor is it a stereotypical oater in which the heroes fight off attacks from savages. (cinemalogue.com)
The story is completely ridiculous and wafer - thin: in his first of many oaters, Flynn is a morally grey buffalo herdsman who eventually stops turning a blind eye to Bruce Cabot's evil doings in Dodge, yet the film has so many show - stopping sequences, the plot becomes unimportant. (kqek.com)
A lead villain in silent oaters starring lesser - known cowboys like Lester Cuneo, Bill Patton, and Al Hoxie, Meehan's florid acting style can be enjoyed today in such silents as Blazing Arrows (1922) and Red Blood (1926)-- the now veteran actor usually found himself demoted to that of anonymous henchman after the advent of sound. (rottentomatoes.com)