“Checkout,” a student film by Dan Eckman, had the audience laughing out loud about the its sweet, but very silly, story about a ninja working as a stockboy at a convenience store that gets robbed by a pack of samurais. It’s absolutely hilarious!

“After it was shown Thursday night everybody who saw it just started this buzz,” said Kelly Whalen who is handling press relations for NHFX. “Everybody came up and asked if we were going to show it again to give everybody a chance to see it? A lot of people weren’t in town yet on Thursday night.”

So, back by popular demand, “Checkout” will be shown during the 2:30 Block downstairs at The Muddy River Smokehouse, along with “Time Machine,” “Happy Valentines Day,” “Invisible Dog,” “Chasing Buckner” (yes, that would be infamous Red Sox first baseman Bill Buckner) and “Why Don’t You Dance.”

Get there early if you want to get in the door, let alone a seat.

Here’s the blurb from the official “Checkout” Web site: www.checkoutthemovie.com.

Black Shadow, a recently graduated ninja assassin, returns home from his training to begin his career; however, due to the tight job market, he is forced to take on a job as a stockboy at the local grocery. Mike and Drew, two fraternity brothers, hop from convenience store to convenience store exploring the competitive side of the “beer run.” And Janitor Joe goes to great extremes to prove to everyone at the grocery store that he can – in fact – be a “creepy janitor” as these three seemingly disparate storylines converge in a large-scale grocery store fiasco.

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