Big Hero 6 is an action animation produced by Disney Animation Studios about a young boy, Hiro Hamada, who has to form a team with the help of Baymax to stop a villain set on destroying the entire city. But Hiro wasn’t always that way as he was a genius who would use his talents with robotics to hustle others in illegal robot fights. He could make easy money from this but it was usually followed by elaborate escapes from the ones he hustled or getting in trouble with the police before being bailed out by his brother, Tadashi. Believing that Hiro would waste his talents, Tadashi agrees to take him to the next robot fight only to bring him to his San Fransokyo Institute of Technology lab instead. The hope is that Hiro would want to enroll, and it pays off as he’s thoroughly impressed with all the projects the other students are working on including Baymax, Tadashi’s project. Tadashi plans on revolutionizing the healthcare industry with Baymax’s vast capabilities including being able to scan each patient individually and provide personalized care. All of this motivates Hiro to develop micro-robots capable of changing into any shape with just a thought, and he shows this off at the annual exhibit to be accepted into the school. But tragedy strikes and Hiro loses everything except Baymax and one of the microbots. But when he follows the signal from the remaining microbot to an abandoned warehouse he discovers that someone has been mass producing his microbots and they weren’t destroyed after all. In fact, they’re under the control of a masked villain who wants to use them for his own nefarious purposes. But who is this masked villain, and how can Hiro defeat him and retrieve his microbots? One thing is certain and that’s the fact that he won’t be able to do it alone.

SUMMARY

Big Hero 6 is an exciting, heartwarming tale that is surprising in its serious tone while being inspirational as the heroes band together to save the city as well as themselves. And I loved the message encouraging STEM and the way it was handled. Despite being an animation, some of the story might go over little kids’ heads while other parts might seem too dark but there’s plenty for them to enjoy including the electrifying action. Coming into this movie I wasn’t sure how to view Baymax but after watching it, just like Hiro I came to understand the brilliance of his original purpose and all that he became. So I highly recommend Big Hero 6 and all it has to offer.