Earlier this year, Guardians of the Galaxy proved that even a relatively obscure Marvel Comics property could translate into box office gold. While Marvel’s own productions had previously performed admirably (including the back-to-back billion-dollar releases of The Avengers and Iron Man 3), Guardians took a quirky group of characters without any built-in audience appeal and made household names out of a gun-toting raccoon and a walking tree with a very limited vocabulary.

Disney’s Big Hero 6 then marks the second time this year a little-known Marvel superhero team has been brought to life on the big screen. However, unlike Guardians, the film is not a Marvel Studios project (despite the fact that Marvel has been a Disney property since 2009), meaning that the creative team that has so successfully brought Iron Man and Captain America to theaters had little to do with this animated adventure. Would the film live up to Marvel Cinematic Universe (in terms of quality, at least) or tarnish the Disney/Marvel track record? Continue reading Review: ‘Big Hero 6’ →