See Michael Madsen in one of his final roles in ‘Mr. Wonderful’ trailer

Late actor Michael Madsen is really put through the wringer in the poignant trailer for Mr. Wonderfulone of his final on-screen roles.

In it, he plays Brian Fenton, a college professor with a failing career, an ailing father, and a troubled son. Or, as the film’s synopsis puts it, “Mr. Wonderful tells the gripping story of three men bound by blood but divided by circumstance. A millennial desperately fleeing from a dangerous drug dealer. His father, a disillusioned professor fighting to salvage his career. And their patriarch, battling the cruel advance of senility. Each generation searches for purpose and meaning as their worlds collide in unexpected ways.”

The movie, which also stars Robert Miano, Kate Hodge, Brittany Underwood, Lew Temple, Erik Fellows, Bradley Stryker and Robert Laenen, is described as a “powerful drama” which “explores the complex bonds between fathers and sons, the weight of legacy, and the universal quest for redemption.”

Mr. Wonderful is directed by Mark David, who told Deadline that he remembers his late leading man as “a really sweet guy, warm, funny and such a powerhouse on screen.” He also told the outlet of Madsen’s performance, “I believed every word he said on camera. I wanted to make more movies with him.”

“His own sister, actress Virginia Madsen called him ‘thunder and velvet … mischief wrapped in tenderness,'” writer and producer Daniel Blake Smith added, also to Deadline. “Well, nowhere was that emotional complexity more vividly on display than the vulnerable and deeply emotional work he put into the lead role in our film.”

Madsen, a star of movies such as Reservoir Dogs, Kill Bill Volume 2and Thelma & Louisewas found unresponsive at his Malibu home on July 3. He was 67. His manager, Ron Smith, confirmed to Entertainment Weekly that the actor died of heart failure, with “heart disease and alcoholism” listed as “contributing factors.”

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Many former costars and collaborators mourned Madsen’s death, including his younger sister and fellow actress, Virginia, 63. “We’re not mourning a public figure. We’re not mourning a myth — but flesh and blood and ferocious heart,” she said in a heartfelt statement to Variety. “Who stormed through life loud, brilliant, and half on fire. Who leaves us echoes — gruff, brilliant, unrepeatable — half legend, half lullaby.”

She concluded, “I’ll miss our inside jokes, the sudden laughter, the sound of him. I’ll miss the boy he was before the legend; I miss my big brother. Thank you to everyone reaching out with love and memory. In time, we’ll share how we plan to celebrate his life — but for now, we stay close, and let the silence say what words can’t.”