PATRIOTS DAY (Theatrical Release USA 2016)

Ben Meyers’ rating: 4.6|5.0 Starsìììì

Patriots Day—not a movie that one gets to see every day—works because of its emotional sense, excellent acting, and good portrayal of story. It’s a story of injustice done and good people who work to right that injustice.  Great work for Director Peter Berg (The Kingdom and Lone Survivor) for using very good directing skills to move this film along so well. Great work for Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, J.K. Simmons, and Kevin Bacon for delivering a believable and realistic story filled with heart, suspense, and action. Good timing of scenes and events.

Film Poster Courtesy of Wikipedia

Storyline

The story examines the manhunt for the persons responsible for the Boston Marathon bombing.

Additional Thanks

Thank you to Director Peter Berg for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Louis G. Friedman, Eric Johnson, Dan Wilson, Nicholas David Nesbitt, John Logan Pierson, and Paul Tamasy for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Tommy Saunders (Mark Wahlberg), Young Police Officers (Dicky Eklund Jr.), Young Police Officers (Michael Marchand), Harrold (Rhet Kidd), Commissioner Ed Davis (John Goodman), Officer Outside Harrold’s (Frank Czarnowski), Patrick Downes (Christopher O’Shea), Jessica Kensky (Rachel Brosnahan), Officer Sean Collier (Jake Picking), Li (Lana Condor), MIT Grad Students (Jerry Dwyer Jr., Patrick Wensing, Michael Chuah, and Sang-bae Kim), and Carol Saunders.

Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?

Yes. A need-to-be-made movie aptly captures the human spirit and ingenuity to take down evil.

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Ben Meyers