Big Hero 6

Movie Title-- Big Hero 6

Release Year-- 2014

Running Time-- 1 Hour and 33 Minutes

Director-- Chris Williams and Don Hall

Cast-- Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter, T.J. Miller, Daniel Henney, Jamie Chung, Damon Wayans Jr., Genesis Rodriguez, Alan Tudyk, James Cromwell, Maya Rudolph

After experiencing a devastating loss, Hiro Hamada teams up with inflatable health care robot Baymax and four friends to become super heroes.

In the futuristic city of San Fransokyo, 14 year old robotics genius Hiro Hamada (Potter) spends the bulk of his free time hustling illegal robot fights. This time Hiro hustles the wrong man and narrowly escapes his wrath thanks to his older brother Tadashi (Henney) dropping in at the right time to save him. Although they escape, they are caught by the police and put in jail. Their guardian, their aunt Cass (Rupolph), bails them out but once they arrive home Tadashi sees Hiro gearing up to find another fight. Tadashi insists that if Hiro is going to go that he will drive but Tadashi tricks Hiro and instead takes him to the research lab at San Fransokyo Institute of Technology.

There Hiro meets Tadashi's friends, Honey Lemon (Rodriguez), Fred (Miller), Go-Go (Chung) and Wasabi (Wayans Jr.) and they each show him what they specialize in. After introductions, Tadashi takes Hiro to his office and shows him the project he has been working on, a inflatable health care robot named Baymax (Adsit). While Hiro is there he also meets the head of the robotics program at the university, Professor Robert Callaghan (Cromwell). Hiro decides he want to be a part of the program and signs up for the university's science fair for a chance to win a scholarship.

After a lot of heartache and frustration, Hiro invents “Microbots” and gives an amazing presentation in front of a large crowd of onlookers. He explains that the microbots are swarms of tiny robots that can link together by using a neuro-cranial transmitter, making it possible to create anything that can be imagined. The CEO of a company called Krei Tech, Alistar Krei (Tudyk), loves the idea and offers to market and sell the microbots but Hiro declines his offer, instead deciding to take the offer to join the robotics program from Professor Callaghan. Tadashi pulls Hiro aside to congratulate Hiro when they notice a fire has broken out in the building where the science fair was being held. They hear someone say that Professor Callaghan is still inside the building and Tadashi runs inside to save him. Once Tadashi is inside there is an explosion, killing both Tadashi and Professor Callaghan.

Hiro withdraws from everyone and everything in the weeks after Tadashi's death. One day, after finding one microbot that had been accidentally saved from the fire, he inadvertently activates Baymax. Baymax refuses to shut down until Hiro tells him he is satisfied with the care that he has received, so Hiro jokingly says he will feel better if Baymax followed the microbot to see where it is trying to get to. Baymax, not understanding that Hiro was kidding, sets off in the same direction the microbot is trying to go, leading the pair to an abandoned warehouse. Once they are inside they find that someone has saved the microbots and are not mass producing them. They are discovered and attacked by a man wearing a Kabuki mask that is controlling the microbots.

After their escape Hiro decides to fight back by uploading karate moves into Baymax's database and outfits Baymax with armor. The two of them then tracks the masked man to the docks. Unbeknownst to Hiro, Baymax has contacted Honey Lemon, Fred, Go-Go, and Wasabi to try to improve Hiro's mood and they arrive at the docks as well. The 6 of them are then all chased by the man in the mask and after escaping, they go to Fred's house where they all decide to become super heroes to defeat the masked man.

I really enjoyed this film. This film is one that my 4 year old daughter has fallen in love with (some days she is a princess others she tends to be a super hero), so we tend to watch this movie a lot and often. I love the theme song but I will say that I am a little bias, “Fall Out Boy” being my favorite band. All in all, I think this film is great.

I have noticed that Alan Tuydk is starting to become a regular in the Disney animation department, his credits now being Wreck it Ralph (King Candy), Frozen (the Duke of Weasleton), Big Hero 6 (Alistar Krei), Zootopia (Duke Weaselton) and Moana (Hei Hei) and it makes me wonder if he is going to be like John Ratzenberger who has voiced a character in every Pixar film released. I'm not complaining, I am a fan of Tuydk's, it just makes me wonder.

I will add, you may want to bring some tissues along because just like every other Disney animated film, there are tear jerker moments. Another thing to remember is Hiro is a teenager so he does have his angsty moments but stick with him he is growing and learning.

Grab your favorite kids and watch this one early because I guarantee that when this film is through you are going to want to play superheroes but whatever you do, Don't Forget the Popcorn!