“An astounding film, with all sorts of influences and implications. A violently anti-Communist piece, it is both incredibly naive (the principal evils of the Russian Revolution are graphically shown to be the execution of little kiddies and the ripping of blouses from well-upholstered young ladies), and also surprisingly up-to-date in its depiction of Communist exploitation of strikes, infiltration into labor unions, and so on. It's interesting both as a well-made melodrama and as a commentary of contemporary political feeling. The photography by George Barnes is fine, opening scenes show definite signs of having been copied from the strike scenes in Intolerance, and good old Tom Ince gets his name everywhere, three or four times in the main titles and twice on each leader between reels! The print is immaculate....” William K. Everson