PATRIOTS DAY

Mark Wahlberg reteams with filmmaker Peter Berg for their third collaboration based on a true story, this time recounting the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. Wahlberg plays fictional cop Tommy Saunders, who acts as tragic witness, key investigator and Boston everyman during the subsequent manhunt. Berg wrings real heart-in-mouth tension from several set-pieces, but frequently mishandles the tone, often compromising this otherwise taut thriller with heavy-handed tributes and melodramatic pandering. Matt Looker