We spend a good amount of time with Wahlberg’s character, at home with his supportive wife (Michelle Monaghan) before the shit hits the fan.
And while the trailer downplays the actual explosion, we get shots of J.K. Simmons and John Goodman reacting emotionally to the devastation that too many real people had to witness that day.
The trailer suggests that, much like Deepwater Horizon, Peter Berg’s Patriots Day is going to focus on the human aspects of the heroism that was displayed not only on that day, but in the difficult days that followed.