Boston

Boston, April 15, 2013. As every year, thousands of runners and spectators from all over the world are drawn to the course of the popular Boston Marathon. But the celebrations suddenly fall silent when two explosive devices detonate on the home stretch. It is still unclear whether the explosions will be followed by others. But police sergeant Tommy Saunders (Mark Wahlberg) tries to keep a clear head and coordinate the first rescue operations, even though his wife Carol (Michelle Monaghan) almost fell victim to the detonations herself. For the investigators, a gripping race against time begins and one of the most nerve-wracking large-scale manhunts in American history takes its course...

After 'Deepwater Horizon', the internationally acclaimed director Peter Berg dedicates his new thriller 'Boston' aka 'Patriots Day' to the attack on the Boston Marathon in 2013 and describes how the Boston police and the FBI reconstructed the attacks with state-of-the-art forensic technology and thus tracked down the Boston attackers. In a highly exciting way, he puts together the pieces of the puzzle that the team of investigators around Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders (Mark Wahlberg), Special Agent Richard Deslauriers (Kevin Bacon) and Police Commissioner Ed Davis (John Goodman) was able to collect thanks to the help of courageous fellow citizens. And at the decisive moment, Sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese (J.K. Simmons) proves that, in addition to high-tech methods, classic police work can also lead to success.