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Mark Wahlberg works security at the finish line in first trailer for Boston Marathon bombing movie Patriots Day

Published: 16:11 EST, 5 October 2016 | Updated: 17:43 EST, 5 October 2016

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The trailer for Mark Wahlberg's Boston Marathon bombing pic Patriot's Day was released online on Wednesday.

The actor re-teams with his Deepwater Horizon director Peter Berg for the movie that seeks to recreate the events of April 15, 2013.

After a couple of opening shots of Boston landmarks such as Fenway Park, the trailer introduces Wahlberg as a Boston police sergeant Tommy Saunders, a composite character based on several real-life officers.

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Mark Wahlberg plays a Boston police officer working security at the finish line at the 2013 Boston Marathon that was targeted by bombers in the movie Patriots Day

Wahlberg, who is headed to the marathon where he will be stationed at the finish line, kisses his wife, played by Michelle Monaghan, goodbye.

The crowds are gathered on a sunny Massachusetts day to cheer on the multitude of runners.

The sounds of happy people and scenes of young and old, men and women, crossing the line after running the city course, suddenly is silenced as the screen turns to black.

There are a few brief glimpses intercut with black of Wahlberg responding to the sounds of two explosions followed by screams.

Wahlberg plays a character that's a composite of several real-life officers from the Boston Police Department

The movie was shot on location in Massachusetts and at the finish line in Copley Square of the 2016 Boston Marathon

The runners are seen coming up the street towards the finish as crowds cheer them on

While the two explosions are heard - but not seen - in the trailer, there's a brief glimpse of news footage from the immediate aftermath

The actual bombing is not seen in the trailer nor are any of those injured and killed except in a brief excerpt of news footage that's being watched by Kevin Bacon, who stars as FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Boston division Richard DesLauriers.

Also glimpsed briefly are co-stars John Goodman as Boston Police Department Commissioner Ed Davis and J.K. Simmons as Watertown police sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese.

Kevin Bacon stars in the based on true events film as FBI Special Agent in Charge of the Boston division Richard DesLauriers

John Goodman also stars as Boston Police Department Commissioner Ed Davis

Boston native Wahlberg was the driving force behind getting the movie made and reteamed for the project with his Lone Survivor and Deepwater Horizon director Peter Berg

J.K. Simmons plays Watertown police sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese

The bombing turned out to be a terrorist attack carried out by brothers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev using pressure cooker bombs.

The two explosions killed 3 civilians and injured an estimated 264 others.

During the ensuing manhunt, Tamerlan, 26, was killed and Dzokhar, 23, was arrested. Following a trial, Dzhokar was sentenced to death on May 15, 2015.

Patriots Day was filmed in Massachusetts this past spring including at the 2016 Boston Marathon finish line in Copley Square.

The patriotic angle is played up in the trailer by the use throughout of a single piano playing the music for America The Beautiful.

Patriots Day will open in movie theatres in Boston, New York and Los Angeles on December 21, making it eligible for awards consideration, before opening nationwide on January 13, 2017.