Patriots Day is
the second film in 2016 by director Peter Berg and, as with his other 2016
feature, this film stars Mark Wahlberg. In addition to Wahlberg this film has a
cavalcade of great performers including John Goodman, J.K. Simmons, Kevin
Bacon, Alex Wolff, Themo Melikidze, Jake Picking, Michael Beach, Rachel
Brosnahan, Christopher O’Shea, Mellissa Benoist, Michelle Monaghan, and Jimmy
O. Yang. This film depicts the events of the Boston Marathon Bombing from April,
2013 including events just before the bombing, during the bombing, and the
manhunt to catch the two bombers after the bombing.
