Patriots Day (may contain spoilers)
To be honest I was apprehensive going in as I couldn't help comparing with the recent film Deep-Water Horizon, which I didn't like, but Patriots Day has none of the cliché "American hero thumping their chest" that the oil rig disaster film suffered with.
Based on actual events of The Boston Marathon bombing which took place in 2013, this is a crime drama of the terrorist attack, the chaos that ensues and the resulting man-hunt that is documented over the subsequent 90+ hours.
We see realistic gory scenes following the 2 explosions. The emergency services are rushed in to attend to very detailed bloody injury, missing limbs, or arms and legs blown apart. The authorities feared there may be more bombs ready to detonate so they needed to find the perpetrators, they needed to move very quickly.
The film cleverly incorporates actual video surveillance footage from grainy CCTV and mobile phones taken at the time. It's tense, it's exciting, the background music is moody, some scenes are hard to watch. The film shows the strength of the human spirit, the strength of the community, the brave people that came together, stood strong and supported each-other.
The disaster yielded the slogan "Boston Strong" (says it all).
At the end we see photographic tributes from some of the actual survivors and police officers involved at the time.
7/10.
Based on actual events of The Boston Marathon bombing which took place in 2013, this is a crime drama of the terrorist attack, the chaos that ensues and the resulting man-hunt that is documented over the subsequent 90+ hours.
We see realistic gory scenes following the 2 explosions. The emergency services are rushed in to attend to very detailed bloody injury, missing limbs, or arms and legs blown apart. The authorities feared there may be more bombs ready to detonate so they needed to find the perpetrators, they needed to move very quickly.
The film cleverly incorporates actual video surveillance footage from grainy CCTV and mobile phones taken at the time. It's tense, it's exciting, the background music is moody, some scenes are hard to watch. The film shows the strength of the human spirit, the strength of the community, the brave people that came together, stood strong and supported each-other.
The disaster yielded the slogan "Boston Strong" (says it all).
At the end we see photographic tributes from some of the actual survivors and police officers involved at the time.
7/10.
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