Big Hero 6 3D Blu-ray Movie 
Blu-ray 3D + Blu-rayDisney / Buena Vista | 2014 | 102 min | Rated BBFC: PG | May 25, 2015
Price
List price:Not available to order
Movie rating
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| 7.8 | / 10 |
Blu-ray rating
| Users |  | 5.0 |
| Reviewer |  | 4.0 |
| Overall | | 4.1 |
Overview click to collapse contents
Big Hero 6 3D (2014)
Brilliant robotics prodigy Hiro Hamada finds himself in the grips of a criminal plot that threatens to destroy the fast-paced, high-tech city of San Fransokyo. With the help of his closest companion, a robot named Baymax, Hiro joins forces with a reluctant team of first-time crime fighters on a mission to save their city.
Starring: Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter, Daniel Henney, T.J. Miller, Jamie ChungDirector: Don Hall (VI), Chris Williams (IX)
| Adventure | Uncertain |
| Family | Uncertain |
| Animation | Uncertain |
| Fantasy | Uncertain |
| Comic book | Uncertain |
| Sci-Fi | Uncertain |
| Action | Uncertain |
Specifications click to expand contents
Video
Video codec: MPEG-4 MVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
Audio
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
Portuguese: DTS 5.1
Spanish: DTS 5.1
Catalan: DTS 5.1
DTS 5.1 dubs are all 1509kbps/24-bit; English Audio Descriptive Dolby Digital 2.0 option is 320kbps/Dolby Surround encoded); BD3D and 2D BD audio options identical.
Subtitles
English SDH, Portuguese, Spanish
Discs
50GB Blu-ray Disc
Two-disc set (2 BDs)
Blu-ray 3D
Packaging
Slipcover in original pressing
Playback
Region free
Review click to expand contents
Rating summary
| Movie | | 5.0 |
| Video | | 5.0 |
| Audio | | 5.0 |
| Extras |  | 2.5 |
| Overall | | 4.0 |
Big Hero 6 3D Blu-ray Movie Review
Reviewed by Martin Liebman March 25, 2018Disney's fantastic 'Big Hero 6' never received a Blu-ray 3D release in the United States, but the studio's United Kingdom release is region free. This two-disc set includes the 3D disc with a short film in 3D as well as a 2D Blu-ray copy that contains all of the supplements from the U.S. release and adds one. Both of these UK discs contain the same high-quality DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 lossless soundtrack found on the U.S. Blu-ray.
Hiro (voiced by Ryan Potter) is a boy genius who is "wasting" his talents on underground remote control robot fighting rather than pursuing bigger and better things, namely a higher education. His brother Tadashi (Daniel Henney) one day drags him to his "Nerd Lab" where the boy is introduced to Tadashi's friends -- Fred (voiced by T.J. Miller), Go Go (voiced by Jamie Chung), Wasabi (voiced by Damon Wayans Jr.), and Honey Lemon (voiced by Genesis Rodriguez) -- and some amazing technology, including Tadashi's own "Baymax" (voiced by Scott Adsit), a medical assistant robot that's going to change the world. Hiro is impressed, and when he meets the great Professor Callaghan (voiced by James Cromwell), who invites him to join the fun and prove his worth with an amazing invention, he decides to make a change and do something important with his gifts. Hiro dazzles with a marvelous invention, but disaster strikes and changes the boy's life forever. Now living in seclusion, dropped out of society, and unwilling to pursue his dreams, he stays tucked away in his bedroom. But when Baymax is inadvertently activated, the two form a bond and, with the help of a few friends, embark on a quest to set things right and unravel a mystery that, if left unchecked, could have disastrous consequences for everyone involved.
For a full film review, please click Hiro, er, here.
Big Hero 6 3D Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality
Big Hero 6's Blu-ray 3D presentation certainly doesn't do much to excite the visual senses, but it handles essential depth and dimensionality
well enough. Basic shape and space are largely fine. Smaller rooms lack that dynamic 3D stretch, but more open spaces find a more agreeable inward
push that allows the viewer to better appreciate the scale of a large room -- Freddy's cavernous mansion, a scene featuring Hiro chasing Baymax
through the streets and alleyways of San Fransokyo, the pair crawling through a cramped air duct minutes later -- that offers a fine sense of depth,
with
various objects, like pedestrians, cars, trolleys, and buildings all nicely offset one from another. But the image never really moves to the realm of
dynamic 3D, where there's that "wow" factor in play. Various scenes barely scrape by as more than cursorily 3D, offering maybe a modest inward push
that gives a sense of very small space between the edge of the screen and the image within it while maintaining a general flatness to characters and
backgrounds. Additionally, the image offers only brief and modestly aggressive pop-out effects, including a swarm of microbots chasing after Hiro and
Baymax or shots of hands or other protrusions jutting forward, but nothing that's intensely impressive.
On the flip side, image basics are presented very well. Colors maintain a satisfying robustness, presenting all of the costumes, Baymax's red armor,
and bold hues around the streets of San Fransokyo very well. If it's any less dynamic than the 2D image, it's almost insignificant. The same goes with
the detailing. Image clarity is exacting. It's crisp and clean, well defined across the board, and boasting impressive clarity and attention to detail that
reveals every little digital highlight and refinement that the artists have placed in the film. Black levels are deep, too, and the image sees no banding
and
only blink-and-miss aliasing in one or two small background elements. The 3D image additionally revealed no crosstalk or "ghosting" effects on the
review Z9D panel. In short, this 3D presentation is not at all impressive but not entirely underwhelming. It handles crude 3D basics well enough,
but there's no reason to be excited about the prospects of what the film has to offer in three dimensions.
Big Hero 6 3D Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality
Big Hero 6's 2D and 3D discs contain the same DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 lossless soundtrack found on the U.S. Blu-ray. For a full audio review, please click here.
Big Hero 6 3D Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras
Big Hero 6's UK 3D release contains one extra on the 3D disc, the animated short film Feast (1080p 3D, 6:13). The 2D disc carries
over all of the extras from the U.S. disc but adds a Mickey Mouse short. For convenience,
below is a list of what's included on the 2D disc, with a brief review of the new content.
- Theatrical Short: Feast
- The Origin Story of Big Hero 6: Hiro's Journey
- Big Animator 6: The Characters Behind the Characters
- Deleted Scenes with Introductions by Directors Don Hall & Chris Williams
- Big Hero 6 Theatrical Teaser
- Mickey Mouse Short -- Tokyo Go (1080p, 3:47): Mickey visits the Far East, is accidentally shoved onto the wrong train, and must battle a Sumo wrestler en route to reaching his destination.
Big Hero 6 3D Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation
Big Hero 6 is a wonderful film that was just as fun to watch in 2018 as it was several years ago. This region free UK Blu-ray 3D disc doesn't offer the sort of dynamic 3D presentation fans will want, instead offering a rather crude but generally effective presentation that handles essential depth very well but accomplishes little more. It's a decent 3D watch, but a hypothetical 2D 4K release down the road sounds more appealing. Fantastic audio and the same supplements from the U.S. release (plus one animated short) are included. Worth a buy for 3D collectors if it's super cheap (as it is at the time of publication); just don't expect 3D format greatness.
