A Disappointing Continuation

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Mark Wahlberg is totally mis-cast in this film. The man cannot act. An unknown would have done a better job.

It's really hard to find fault with this movie. It shows how law enforcement broke this case in 3 days. The tensions between different branches of law enforcement and politicians. The shootout in Watertown one of best ever filmed.I find some fault with the relative lack of attention to fact that this was ISLAMIC terrorism. The two bombers are portrayed as thugs rather than Islamists, which they were.

Various people's lives cross path in the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and its following manhunt. It is directed by Peter Berg and starring Boston native Mark Wahlberg.Originally, I feared Mark Wahlberg. He's not the greatest of actors although my bigger fear is that they would make the movie about him. That partly happened. Honestly, I cringed when he started yelling at Kevin Bacon and I rolled my eyes when he showed up to interview the Chinese guy. By placing him in the center of every aspect of the investigation, the movie loses a sense of reality. There is no need for him to be at every aspect of the manhunt. I do love the walk-thru with the security cameras. Otherwise, his role should be cut in half. This shouldn't be a vehicle for Mark.On the other hand, I am overjoyed with the other people's stories. I love the Chinese guy and MIT security guy. This could cut back Wahlberg mugging for the cameras and add work from the other cops. Give me more J.K. Simmons. This movie should not be an one-man story if it purports to show the events in its entirety.

When I saw the title and read about the story I thought this movie would be another patriotic-we-are-america-and-we-are-the-greatest movie but it's actually very well done. It's not even chauvinistic like I thought it would be. It just tells the story of the Boston marathon bombings. It's a gripping story that won't leave anybody without an opinion on how those terrorists are just a bunch of cowards and nothing more. It doesn't matter if it's about muslim terrorists or any other white redneck terrorist, they are all just the same, a bunch of cowards. In a man-to-man fight they would always bite the dust so they just kill innocents by using selfmade bombs and other weapons. Patriots Day is a bit of a hommage to the survivors and to the people of Boston that put their forces together to catch those cowards. Mark Wahlberg is always good and in this movie he prooves again he's a top actor. Pleasantly surprised by Patriots Day.