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Patriots Day (out Feb 2) takes us inside the hunt for the two men behind the Boston Marathon bombings in April 2013. The Mark Wahlberg narrative (who plays an ordinary police officer) isn't all that interesting but the conflict between government agencies sufficiently compensates. Grade: B.