A prison escape drags a foul-mouthed puppet ninja back into action in Checkered Ninja 2, a 2021 Danish animated adventure directed by Thorbjørn Christoffersen and Anders Matthesen.
What is Checkered Ninja 2 about?
Alex is drawn back to Checkered Ninja after Phillip Eppermint, the villain from the first film, slips out of a prison sentence in Thailand. That single break sets off a chain reaction: Checkered Ninja comes alive again and tracks Alex down, and the pair quickly realize this won't be a solo job. Alex's whole family gets pulled into the plan, and the group heads to Thailand to catch Eppermint before he can disappear for good. Along the way, the mission tests more than Alex's nerve; it puts real strain on his friendship with Checkered Ninja, forcing both of them to figure out what they actually owe each other once the adventure stops being fun.
About the cast
Anders Matthesen, who also co-directs, voices a central role and anchors much of the film's tone, working alongside Louis Næss-Schmidt and Emma Sehested Høeg. The cast's delivery keeps the humor sharp-edged rather than soft, in keeping with the character's reputation for a mouth well ahead of his stitched-up appearance.
Context & significance
Thorbjørn Christoffersen and Anders Matthesen share directing duties on this Danish production, continuing a story that mixes action-adventure pacing with comedy aimed at an older, more irreverent register than most animated family fare. The Thailand setting gives the sequel a change of scenery from the original, turning a personal grudge into something closer to a manhunt across borders. At 86 minutes, the film keeps the plotting brisk, moving between chase, comedy, and quieter friendship beats without lingering too long in any one of them.
Watching Checkered Ninja 2 on Ktime
Checkered Ninja 2 streams on K-Time with a Farsi dub, and this page is free to read without an account. Watching the film itself calls for a K-Time account login, and the platform's Farsi-first interface, including its dub tracks, is built specifically with Persian-speaking viewers in mind.