Alec Baldwin plays a logger whose employee has dark past in Clear Cut

By Brian Gallagher For Dailymail.com 01:17 28 Jun 2024, updated 01:23 28 Jun 2024

Alec Baldwin plays a veteran logger who learns his new employee has a dark and violent past in the new trailer for Clear Cut.

Baldwin, 66, has yet to work with any major studios since the controversial 2021 shooting on the set of his Western Rust, which he learned last month he will stand trial for. 

The actor leads a cast that also includes Clive Standen, Stephen Dorff, Tom Welling, Jesse Metcalfe and Lochlyn Munroe in this new trailer, via Lionsgate YouTube. 

The film will be released in theaters, plus on-demand and digital platforms starting July 19, previously known as Cold Deck.

The trailer begins with Baldwin's character telling Standen's Jack that, 'Logging is the most deadly profession in the world. Sure you wanna get into this line of work?'

The trailer shows Baldwin's character showing Jack how to slice a wedge from a tree and knock it out, stating, 'One more time and give it all you've got.'

Jack does as instructed and the massive tree come tumbling to the ground,' as Jack tells his new boss, 'It sounds perfect.'

They're both driving as Baldwin says, 'I had a greenhorn like you once before, couldn't make it through his first day without screwing up.'

Jack is asked 'Anybody back home?' as Jack says, 'There was,' before we see a violent montage of his daughter being killed by assassins before Jack takes them out.

Their truck pulls up to Stephen Dorff's character who asks, 'Who's this?' as Jack tells him his name, as Dorff says, 'Well, Jack, welcome to the woods. Just make sure you don't wander too far off the cut.'

However, we show shots of Dorff's character meeting with some shady folks who tell them they're on schedule.

Jack wanders - seemingly too far off the cut - and comes across a truck with a dead woman in the bed, as it's revealed there is a meth cook in the woods.

Jack watches - from a hiding place under the truck - a duffel bag of money placed in the bed of a new truck that pulls up by Tom Welling's character, as Jack takes it and runs.

Jack shows the bag of money to Baldwin's character as he goes back to the cook spot and destroys the RV.

Dorff says that, 'there's not a chance in hell this guy will make it through the night,' on his own.'

Dorff tells Jack, 'that DEA snitch cost me millions,' adding he put a hit out on Jack as they start to fight.

Baldwin tells Jack, 'Get lost in nature, and you possibly die,' as the trailer ends with several action-packed shots. 

The final shot shows Baldwin in a truck, telling Jack, 'Things happen out here fast, and when they do, people die,' as Dorff is seen shooting a man.