And to think, they called "2001: A Space Odyssey" the ultimate trip. The authors of that slogan never saw what this Maxwell can do over surfaces that make the lunar terrain look like newly paved highways.

There is a sweet and jingoistic undertone to the narrative. Two people, because of their American virtues, can take on two dozen Mexican bandits.

It is fitting that this film with a tough woman protagonist (who also wrote and directed it) was made in 1920, the year that American women got the vote.

One piece of advice - should you see this film on TCM they showed it with (to my ears) an entirely inappropriate modern jazz score. That's why God gave us a mute button. Enjoy the visuals and blot out the sound.

(Flash Review)

Is this one big ad for a 1919 Maxwell automobile? Or a personification of car can be as nimble as a goat? The main character is the car who helps a man saving a kidnapped woman flee from the mean gun-toting men who chase them by horse. Also a good match up of literal horse power and car horsepower. This car does what a war Jeep was designed to do as it somehow and astonishingly drives over boulders, steep dirt hills, tall brush and just dreadful terrain while rescuing a damsel in distress. Amazing from a car from the 19teens. Sadly for how much I like cars, this actually became stale...too much of a good thing. Endless scenes of this car never getting stuck that it made you forget the main story. Oh well, it was ahead of is time for product placement in the movies.

Nell Shipman is a young female writer in the Mexican desert struggling to write something new. When she gets kidnapped by bandits, Bill Baxter must come to the rescue. Only he has no horse and must take his car across rugged country.

The bandits look a little silly especially the leader. They should look scarier. The old man should be dead. There is no way that the bandits would let him live. This turns into a film for car fans. It's impressive to see that old car going off road. It's good stunt work.