There is a shootout which is one of the more violent scenes in the film. Some one shoots a man three or four times with blood shown coming out. Then the man gets the other man to the floor and starts to gauge out his eye. Until some one else runs him over and kills him.

R violence type: blood, gore and graphic.

Graphic violence.

The film contains some scenes of strong violence and chaos, including explosions when pressure cooker bombs are detonated and/or when grenades are thrown by terrorists during a police shootout.

There are also scenes depicting heavy gunfire exchange with some bloodletting, with scenes featuring the aftermath of the explosions at the marathon, depicting bloody injuries such a severed leg, and a leg with a gory wound.

"Cocksucking" is said once (non sexually)

150 uses of "fuck"

Pervasive language.

Also, profane use of Jesus, Christ, God.

J.K. Simmons smokes cigarettes, along with that there are a number of scenes of smoking

There is a brief scene depicting drug use where a college student is shown to be smoking from a bong.

The 10 minute Watertown shootout is the most intense and frenetic scene in the entire film.

The aftermath of the bombing shows adults and children in severe pain from their injuries, as well as brief but graphic close ups of severed limbs. The tone is appropriately intense and will be distressing for most audiences.

'Patriots Day' is a crime drama (from the Tsarnaev brothers's point of view, a biographical film) about the terrorist attack during the 2013 Boston Marathon, where two bombs were detonated, killing three people and injuring 250+ others. The film also follows the investigation and the subsequent city-wide manhunt to find the terrorists behind the attack.