History Film / PatriotsDay

** One ad has Tommy saying "They messed with the wrong city," which was included on the [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/0c/e7/66/0ce766fdb3fa8b882fe63a95def8fe92.jpg black Boston Strong T-shirts]] worn by survivors featured in a photo at the end of the movie. Creator/DennisLehane [[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/opinion/messing-with-the-wrong-city.html had it texted to him by at least two friends in the aftermath.]]

** One ad has Tommy saying "They messed with the wrong city," which was included on the [[https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/0c/e7/66/0ce766fdb3fa8b882fe63a95def8fe92.jpg black Boston Strong T-shirts]] worn by survivors featured in a photo at the end of the movie. DennisLehane [[http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/17/opinion/messing-with-the-wrong-city.html had it texted to him by at least two friends in the aftermath.]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Even though a good deal of the film is centered about Wahlberg's fictional beat cop, the emotional but logical debates among various higher ups play such a role that this might as well be called ''Reasonable Authority Figure: TheMovie''

* ReassignedtoAntarctica: The movie starts out with Wahlberg's character getting put on marathon duty as punishment for a vaguely described incident pre-film.

* InsaneTrollLogic: The bombers claim that the 9/11 terrorist attacks were secretly orchestrated by the American government to make Muslims look bad. But at the same time they admit to doing the Boston Bombings and to justifying it based on their particular Islamic extremist beliefs. As in RealLife, the militants are as petty and incoherent as they are cruel.

** After their hostage escapes and one brother screams to the other that they have to get out of there, the brother who is in the store starts to run, but turns back to drop the junk food he was going to buy. These two have committed terrorism, murder, and kidnapping. . .but apparently draw the line at theft.

* PrecisonFStrike: Former hostage Dun Meng: "Get those motherfuckers".

* ForWantOfANail: Had Meng not stopped to text with a friend--as happened in RealLife--he would not have been taken hostage.

* InsaneTrollLogic: The bombers say that terrorist attacks are secretly orchestrated by western governments to make Muslims look bad. But at the same time they admit to doing the Boston Bombings and to justifying it based on their particular Islamic extremist beliefs. As in RealLife, the militants are as petty and incoherent as they are cruel.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: As unbelievable as it is to believe, Dun Meng really did have his GPS tracking number memorized, which you would never have been able to get away with if this was a fictional story.

* WhamShot: The Massachusetts State Police trooper standing over the covered corpse of victim Martin Richard because moving him will disturb the crime scene, and then saluting as he's loaded into an ambulance.

%%* CompositeCharacter: Tommy and Carol Saunders.

* {{Irony}}: For all of their attempts to evade and fight back against the police, the brothers wind up being their worst enemy in the most literal sense possible: the older, more fanatical bomber is [[http://www.newsweek.com/boston-police-say-bomber-ran-over-his-brother-and-dragged-him-314141 run over and then ''dragged'']] by his younger, panicky accomplice.

* RealityHasNoSubtitles: Subtitles are not provided for the handful of moments that the Tsarnaevs speak in their native language. Subverted with Dun Meng, whose conversations with his parents and a client in Chinese have subtitles.

''Patriots Day'' is a 2016 TrueCrime film directed by Creator/PeterBerg and starring Creator/MarkWahlberg, Creator/JKSimmons, Creator/JohnGoodman, Creator/MichelleMonaghan and Creator/KevinBacon dramatizing the UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} Marathon bombings of April 15, 2013 and the subsequent week-long relentless manhunt for the perpetrators.

* BasedOnATrueStory: A dramatization of the Boston Marathon Bombings of 2013, and the following manhunt for the bombers. The film was reportedly very accurate with regards to how the events unfolded, with the exceptions of Tommy and Carol Saunders being fictional characters to both simplify the film and have a character represent law enforcement, and the addition of a romance for murdered cop Sean Collier to make the audience empathize with him even more.

* CallARabbitASmeerp: Harrold, the crook Tommy interrogates the night before, insists on calling a clothes iron a "smoothie" because it's used to smooth clothing.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Pretty much every key player in the Boston city and Massachusetts state governments, as well as some notable victims and the Tsarnaevs themselves.
* HollywoodHistory: Use of {{Composite Character}}s as well as giving Sean Collier a fictional girlfriend.

* InsaneTrollLogic: The bombers say that terrorist attacks are secretly orchestrated by western governments to make Muslims look bad. But at the same time they admit to doing the Boston Bombings and to being Muslim.
* InterserviceRivalry: Initially between the {{FBI}} and Boston Police, but quickly disappears over the course of the manhunt.

* PrecisonF Strike: "Get those motherfuckers".

* HollywoodHistory: Use of CompositeCharacters as well as giving Sean Collier a fictional girlfriend.

* InsaneTrollLogic: The bombers say that terrorist attacks are secretly orchestrated by the government to make Muslims look bad. But at the same time they admit to doing the Boston Bombings and to being Muslim.

* HistoricalBeautyUpgrade: Tamerlan Tsarnaev, played by Themo Melikidze.

** The scene where the bombers try to take Sean Collier's sidearm. They struggle with it because he is wearing a retention holster, a type of holster that will only release the weapon inside if you press a button on the holster. The bombers likely didn't know this.

* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: The sheer viciousness of the manhunt for the Tsarnaevs in complete contradiction to Massachusetts' reputation for liberalism, with a population normally against the death penalty more than willing to make an exception for the Tsarnaevs, to the point where 2500 different officers from over 110 different police agencies participated in the search for Dzhokhar on April 19.

* InsaneTrollLogic: The bombers say that terrorist attacks are orchestrated by the government to make Muslims look bad. But at the same time they admit to doing the Boston Bombings and to being Muslim.

-->--David Ortiz in his pre-game gratitude speech for defeating the Tsarnaevs, April 20, 2013

* WhereAreTheyNow: The movie's epilogue depicts the life of nearly all the participants featured, even the surviving terrorist.

** Special Agent in Charge Richard [=DesLauriers=] of the {{FBI}}'s Boston field office

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Up close, the poster is a collection of shoelaces, but pull back and it's a shredded American flag

* HollywoodHistory: Use of CompositeCharacters as well as giving Sean Collier a fictional girlfriend

* ClusterFBomb: pretty much every character, but understandable under the circumstances.

* DuellingMovies: with ''Film/{{Stronger}}'', which covers the experiences of bombing victim Jeff Bauman. They were filmed simultaneously.

* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner: from Watertown Police Sgt. John [=MacLellan=] during the shootout: '''''"WELCOME TO WATERTOWN, MOTHERFUCKERS!"'''''
* {{Foreshadowing}}: the {{Anvilicious}} close-ups on Jessica's and Patrick's legs while in bed on April 15.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: pretty much every key player in the Boston city and Massachusetts state governments, as well as some notable victims and the Tsarnaevs themselves.

* InterserviceRivalry: initially between the {{FBI}} and Boston Police, but quickly disappears over the course of the manhunt.

* AsHimself: Boston Red Sox team member David Ortiz
* AwakeningTheSleepingGiant: the sheer viciousness of the manhunt for the Tsarnaevs in complete contradiction to Massachusetts' reputation for liberalism, with a population normally against the death penalty more than willing to make an exception for the Tsarnaevs, to the point where 2500 different officers from over 110 different police agencies participated in the search for Dzhokhar on April 19.

** Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis and/or Boston Police Superintendent William Evans depending on how you view the Boston Police command structure
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Up close the poster is a collection of shoelaces, but pull back and it's a shredded American flag

* DoubleMeaningTitle: refers to the Massachusetts state holiday when the Boston Marathon is always held, which also commemorates the anniversary of the Battles of Lexington and Concord which kicked off TheAmericanRevolution and therefore is another fight against repression by Massachusetts residents

* {{Foreshadowing}}: the {{Anvilicious}} close-ups on Jessica's and Patrick's legs while in bed on April 15

* HollywoodHistory: use of CompositeCharacters as well as giving Sean Collier a fictional girlfriend

** David Henneberry, the resident of Watertown who [[spoiler:found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding in his boat]], as a random Watertown resident that Tommy questions during the door-to-door search of April 19
** Dun Meng as a patron of the pizza parlor where he has his date

* WhamShot: the Massachusetts State Police trooper standing over the covered corpse of victim Martin Richard because moving him will disturb the crime scene, and then saluting as he's loaded into an ambulance.

* AgonyOfDeFeet: The vast majority of injuries sustained are to the legs, due to the bombs being placed at foot level. TruthInTelevision.

* RealLifeCameo: