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No matter the ultimate quality of the film, Rust is in the supremely unenviable position of being tied to a drawn-out and headline-grabbing tragedy. You already know that cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was killed on set after Alec Baldwin’s prop gun discharged a real bullet; you already know that Baldwin’s manslaughter case was dismissed, and that the crew decided to finish the film in tribute to the late Hutchins. This morning, the first trailer for the movie dropped, and it is literally impossible to watch without holding all of these facts in your head. 

It doesn’t help that Rust is about Lucas McCalister (Patrick Scott McDermott), an orphan who accidentally kills a rancher and is sentenced to die by hanging. But then, “his estranged grandfather, the notorious outlaw Harland Rust (Baldwin), breaks him out of jail and takes him on the run toward Mexico,” reads an official synopsis (via Variety). “As they flee across the unforgiving wilderness, the fugitive pair must outrun the determined U.S. Marshal Wood Helm (Josh Hopkins) and a ruthless bounty hunter named Preacher (Travis Fimmel).” In a statement to People, Rust Movie Productions LLC representative Melina Spadone called the film “a story of the ripples that a single violent act can send through generations and the hard-fought redemption to be found in a world where the line between good and evil can often be unclear.”

The trailer is, obviously, full of guns. Gun violence does seem to be a major co*ponent of the film, and it was probably unavoidable to depict it in the trailer. However, that the final scene depicts Baldwin, in what sure looks like the set in which Hutchins was killed, cocking his gun and saying “Heaven ain’t waiting on either one of us” is… well, the word “distasteful” co*es to mind. Regardless, the film is dedicated to Hutchin’s memory, and she will be honored in the film’s closing credits. The film will arrive in select theaters and on digital on-demand on May 2. You can check out the trailer below.