Kingsman: The Secret Service has received a red band trailer, Digital Spy reports.

Colin Firth and Samuel L Jackson star in Matthew Vaughn's action spy comedy. (Warning: Trailer contains explicit content.)

The film centres around a troubled young man (Taron Egerton) who is inducted into a covert spy agency by his late father's colleague (Firth).

He begins training but soon finds himself pulled into a mission to save the world from a charismatic and maniacal industrialist (Jackson).

Michael Caine, Mark Strong, Sofia Boutella, Jack Davenport and Sophie Cookson also feature in the movie.

Vaughn conceived of the story with Mark Millar, who adapted the idea into a comic with Watchmen artist Dave Gibbons.

Kingsman: The Secret Service will be released on February 12 in the UK and February 13 in the U.S.