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Patriots Day review: "A senseless outrage is handled with sensitivity in a stirring film"
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Mark Wahlberg and Peter Berg have carved out a niche as re-constructors of real-life disasters, from a Navy Seal op in 2014’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Lone Survivor to the BP oil spill in last year’s 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Deepwater Horizon.
Patriots Day ups the ante by dramatising the terrorist attack on the 2013 Boston ⛎Marathon and the manhunt that followed. The result is a tense slice of faction that nonetheless raises questions about how, and indeed if, events like these should be presented on screen.
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