It's ra ra Rasputin as we get a new trailer for The King's Man

If you can get past wanting to force the Russian peasant-turned-influencer into a bath, a hair wash, plus – and I say this as a Brit, so you know things are bad – a trip to the dentist, this trailer (the third) looks an explosive hoot.

It’s Downtown Abbey meets James Bond in the origins story for Kingsman: The Secret Service and its follow-up Kingsman: The Golden Circle.

The King’s Man takes us back to WW1, well it looks like WW1, as Conrad (Harris Dickinson) implores his father the urbane Duke of Oxford (Ralph Fiennes) to let him fight, while his father schools him in the real wickedness of men and how the world is run – and the part the world’s first independent intelligence agency plays in holding evil at bay.

Here’s the synopsis:

As a collection of history’s worst tyrants and criminal masterminds gather to plot a war to wipe out millions, one man must race against time to stop them.

Watch the latest (third) trailer now and scroll down for images from the film, and previous trailers.

Directed by Matthew Vaughn, The King’s Man stars Ralph Fiennes, Harris Dickinson, Gemma Arterton, Djimon Hounsou, Tom Hollander (playing George V, Wilhelm II and Nicholas II), Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Matthew Goode, Daniel Brühl, Stanley Tucci, Charles Dance and Alison Steadman. Phew.

The film is scheduled for release in the UK on 16 September and the US on 18 September – in cinemas!