Big Hero 6 is an animated super hero movie about a teenage genius inventor investigating the untimely death of his older brother. The movie opens on precocious teenage Hiro engaged in an illegal bot(small robot) battle. His brother Tadashi saves him from getting busted by the cops then takes him to his university to show him the robotics department in order to inspire him to use his mind for more fruitful purposes. Hiro participates in a fair at the university during which there is a fire where Tadashi is killed. Hiro enlists the help of the late Tadashi's nurse robot Baymax and Tadashi's friends to find out who is responsible.
Relatively common ground is tread here, classic comic book origin story troupes paired with predictable technological powers. They also develop a sweet, touching relationship between Hiro and robot Baymax, recycled
WALL-E territory. There is formulaic second act angst with an uninspiring third act reveal. There is nothing, in any way, new about
Big Hero 6. It is a mish-mash of other more successful, more potent movies that have gone before it.
Light and fun with a pinch of heart it is still completely by-the-numbers.
Rent It.
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