Unfortunately high quality prints of this don't exist online at the moment, for this is outdoors Griffith, which visually, is always a treat. Even in 1912 he had a recognizable style, opting for odd angles over the typical parallel shots of the time - making everything from roads to hedges look interesting. His typical repetition of locations is also on display here, though not nearly as much usual, as we move from towns to roads to countryside.
The story is pretty silly though. A woman, believing her man to be a coward for avoiding a street fight, ditches him, only to be taken over by an escaped criminal, who her man must then save her from. It didn't make me feel much at any stage, though the action scenes involving a car racing alongside a train were a thrilling sight, and one which he repeat a few years later in his epic 'Intolerance'.
The story is pretty silly though. A woman, believing her man to be a coward for avoiding a street fight, ditches him, only to be taken over by an escaped criminal, who her man must then save her from. It didn't make me feel much at any stage, though the action scenes involving a car racing alongside a train were a thrilling sight, and one which he repeat a few years later in his epic 'Intolerance'.