This is a rhetorical question, of course; I know that "Northeast Of Seoul" isn't part of any trilogy. But it feels as it if it could (or should) have been: the first movie would have introduced the three central characters more properly and explain how they ended up working together, and the third movie would chronicle their obviously intended caper to steal the priceless ancient sword which they were looking for throughout the movie, and which (in a smartly ironic twist) turned out to be right before their eyes the whole time.
South Korean location work is about all this anemic thriller has to recommend it. John Ireland stars as Flanaghan, an American tour guide working in Seoul, who finds himself caught up in the search for the famed Kuguru Sword, which purportedly will lend its owner wealth and power.
Well, certainly not in the same class as the 1941 classic. But the basic plot is the same.
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