Patriots Day Film Review

Finished watching Patriots Day, directed by Peter Berg and staring Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Alex Wolff, Themo Melikidze, Keven Bacon. The film opens up with Boston Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders (Mark Wahlberg) in the middle of an arrest after kicking down a door when is boss Commissioner Ed Davis (John Goodman) tells him to go home before the marathon in the morning as he will be attending the race and crowd controlling the finish line. As the marathon is in full swing and the most of the races have finished the race, two brothers Dzhokhar (Alex Wolff) and  Tamerlan (Themo Melikidze) place two separate bombs near the finish which creates mass hysteria. Once the area has been cleared and the injured have been take to local hospitals FBI agent Richard DesLauriers (Keven Bacon) takes the lead in the investigation to find the two bombers. Overall this was a great film as it dives into the investigation of how the Boston police and the FBI found the culprits of the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013 along with how it affected some of the people that were there. The action scene of the standoff between the police and the bombers is shown extremely well as a great amount of tension is built and never lost throughout the scene as the fight changes angles and how the fight escalates to incorporate more explosives. Additionally the film contains some great moments between characters from the tense scenes between the bombers and the people they interact with to how the authorities with each other and the public plays into the stakes of the story while other interactions lead to some he heartfelt moments. 8/10.