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Patriots Day | Some events test our courage

Published:Monday | February 6, 2017 | 12:00 AM
Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg (centre) in a scene from ‘Patriots Day’ with Kevin Bacon (left) and John Goodman.

From acclaimed director Peter Berg (Deepwater Horizon, Lone Survivor) and Academy Award nominee Mark Wahlberg (The Departed, Lone Survivor), CBS Films and Lionsgate present Patriots Day.

Based on true events, Patriots Day is a powerful story surrounding the Boston Marathon bombing, the tension-packed, dramatic thriller chronicles in detail one of the most sophisticated and well-coordinated manhunts in law- enforcement history.

Joining Wahlberg is an all-star ensemble, including Kevin Bacon (Black Mass, Mystic River) as FBI Special Agent Richard DesLauriers, John Goodman as Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis, Academy Award winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Juno) as Watertown Police Sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese and Michelle Monaghan (Gone Baby Gone) as Wahlberg's wife, Carol Saunders.