Official PATRIOTS DAY Trailer and More Promotional Videos Witness the official PATRIOTS DAY trailer and more promotional videos! The film, directed by Peter Berg (Deepwater Horizon, Lone Survivor), stars Mark Wahlberg, Michelle Monaghan, J.K. Simmons, Kevin Bacon, John Goodman, and Melissa Benoist. PATRIOTS DAY will be released in theaters on January 13, 2017. An account of Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis’s actions in the events leading up to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the aftermath, which includes the city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind it.