Patriots Day is a drama-thriller movie film about the April 15, 2013
Boston Marathon bombing and the events of its aftermath, including how the
terrorists behind it were identified and caught through the combined efforts of the Boston
police, Watertown police, FBI, and the Boston community as a whole.
The movie centers on the
character of Sgt. Tommy Saunders (Mark Wahlberg), a fictional character that
serves as a composite of several Boston cops that were on site during the event
and the subsequent manhunt. Also featured
in the film are the real-life people involved in the case, including Boston
Police Commissioner (Ed Davis), Watertown Police Sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese
(J.K. Simmons), and FBI Special Agent Richard DesLauriers (Kevin Bacon). The Tsarnaev brothers, the terrorists
responsible for the bombings, are played by Alex Wolf and Themo Melikidze, and Melissa
“Supergirl” Benoist has a minor participation as the wife of one of the
terrorists.
I’ve always had some fascination
for Boston as it’s depicted in pop culture.
There’s just something about how the city’s culture, close-knittedness,
Irish roots, and distinctive accent that makes it so enamoring. And Patriots
Day is a very “Bostonian” movie, especially with its subject matter and
with Wahlberg at the lead. But what
makes it a great one is how it paints a strong sense of oneness, resiliency,
and courage in the Boston community during that dark period.
Coming off of Deepwater Horizon, Peter Berg succeeds
once again with Patriots Day in
translating to the big screen a recent tragedy in an investing, thrilling, and heart-rending
manner, while at the same time, making it the respectful tribute that such tragic
event entails. If this is the path that
Berg wants to take in his filmmaking career, well then, good for him. He really knows how to make this stuff. Personally, I find this kind of movies very “must-watch”,
since though I’ve remembered seeing and reading these happenings in the news, the
movies do provide a more comprehensive and powerful narrative for them.
All in all, I find Patriots Day a very riveting movie, as
well as a very inspiring one.
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