Chupa is not that cute of a name for a chupacabra. Anyways, a greedy man is after capturing this mystical creatures in Mexico for medicinal purposes and ofcourse his belief that they exist gets proven to be right. As he tries to capture one, the little chupacabra gets separated. Then there is Alex, separated from his Spanish culture as well as family. On his visit to Mexico to stay with his grandfather and cousins, he stumbles upon the little chupa and in the process of saving it, he learns to value his ancestry.
It started off fine but soon it started losing it's charm. Definitely sticks to the template and few funny scenes do work. What it suffers from is there isn't enough scenes with the kids and the chupa to create deeper impact. The antagonist played by Christian Slater is reduced to a caricature and there is no real threat to elevate the whole escaping with the Chupa as they are being chased. Considering it follows the E. T. template, they could've handled the second and third act a lot better.
It started off fine but soon it started losing it's charm. Definitely sticks to the template and few funny scenes do work. What it suffers from is there isn't enough scenes with the kids and the chupa to create deeper impact. The antagonist played by Christian Slater is reduced to a caricature and there is no real threat to elevate the whole escaping with the Chupa as they are being chased. Considering it follows the E. T. template, they could've handled the second and third act a lot better.