[3] The documentary sets out to redress what it sees as the unwarranted negative reputation of the Mongol leader.

The film portrays him as a benevolant leader who put a stop to internecine tribal warfare.

[3] Although the film does portray the brutality of the Mongol conquests, Joe Joseph in The Times writes that it sometimes oversold itself.

[2] In 2015, China deported twenty foreigners (British, South African, and Indian) for watching the film in their hotel in Inner Mongolia.

[4][5] Orgil Makhaan went on to star as Jamucha in By the Will of Chingis Khan, a 2009 joint Mongolian and Russian film production.