Boston Marathon Movie Accuracy. The film patriots day (2016) is filmed in a very realistic, and according to some of those that actually experienced the events, accurate and respectful manner. Authorities state they will not be drawn on whether there is a connection to the marathon bombings or not.
On sunday night, 573 days after the bombings, the season. Patriots day is a 2016 american action thriller film about the boston marathon bombings in 2013 and the subsequent terrorist manhunt. The boston marathon bombing was a terrorist attack that occurred on april 15, 2013 when two bombs—planted by brothers dzhokhar and tamerlan tsarnaev—went off near the finish line of the boston.
On april 15, 2013 boston, massachusetts, police sgt, tommy saunders is pulling security duty on the annual boston marathon when the tsarnaev brothers strike with their homemade bombs in an act of terrorism.
Obviously not all of this can be real footage, since some of it shows the actors, but is any of this film taken from actual footage of the boston marathon. The boston marathon is held each year on patriots day. Organized by the boston athletic association, it hosted the second of the world marathon majors to be held in 2013 with over 23,000 runners participating. While the attack on the boston marathon—and the images of destruction and devastation that day in april of 2013—have been well documented, the story of what happened next isn't as widely known.