Disney’s “Big Hero 6” does all of these things through the story of Hiro, voiced by Ryan Potter, a teenage robotics prodigy living in the fictional, futuristic city of San Fransokyo.

Hiro enjoys squandering his time gambling and competing in illegal “bot fights,” but under the encouragement of his older brother Tadashi, voiced by Daniel Henney, Hiro begins to pursue a serious career in robotics at his brother’s lab. Then, tragedy strikes when Tadashi is killed in an accident and Hiro must join forces with his brother’s quirky colleagues to find out the truth about his brother’s death.

Along the way, Hiro forms a strong friendship with one of Tadashi’s creations, a caring, lovable personal health care robot named Baymax, voiced by Scott Adsit.

While children will be captivated by the colorful scenery, hilarious antics of the characters and fascinating technological wonders, Big Hero 6 goes beyond the average children’s superhero movie. An important message runs throughout the movie, one that is especially important in the world today.

When Hiro realizes that his brother’s death may not have been an accident, he is determined to bring Tadashi’s killer to justice. Using his robotics prowess, he designs specially powered suits and weapons to outfit himself, his friends and Baymax, and together this troupe becomes a band of unlikely heroes. Hiro’s anger and grief culminate when he finally encounter’s his brother’s killer and order’s Baymax to kill him. Yet Baymax refuses, because he is programmed to heal and care for others, not hurt them. Hiro realizes that getting back at the murderer is not what his brother would have wanted, and killing him is not the answer.

This is where the true message of the movie lies. From a young age, we have been told by the media that heroism means killing the “bad guy” in order to restore peace and happiness. Yet what we are really teaching our children with this is that the only way to end violence is through more violence, and the only way to right a wrong is to get revenge. Big Hero 6 seeks to challenge these ideals by showing that the way to truly eradicate evil is through love and compassion.

In short, Big Hero 6 is more than just your average animated superhero movie. People of all ages can expect to be uplifted by the movie’s endearing quality, and will leave the theater ready to become big heroes themselves.