Ryan Reynolds' wisecracking Deadpool reveals 'a different kind of superhero story' in gritty, violent trailer 

Breaking the fourth wall: Ryan Reynolds' character Deadpool revealed 'a different kind of superhero story' in the gritty, violent three-minute trailer released on Friday

'To tell it right we've got to take you back': Moments after a gratuitous close-up of the 39-year-old actor's spandex-clad behind, his unstable mercenary is seen murdering henchmen on his 'naughty list'

Refreshing: The blood and off-colour wisecracks - 'I never say this, but don't swallow' - quickly remind the viewer that Deadpool is the first X-Men flick to receive a hard R-rating

Self/less 2.0? In it, the Canadian heartthrob plays former Special Forces operative Wade Wilson who undergoes an experimental procedure to cure his cancer

'You look like the inside of other people's a******es': The resulting explosion left him disfigured, with Wade declaring that he was now 'totally indestructible and completely unf***able'

'I didn't ask to be super and I'm no hero': With the help of his costume, Wilson transforms into his dark-humoured alter ego Deadpool aka Marvel Comics' most unconventional anti-hero

Reynolds' character said: 'But when you find out your worst enemy (Ed Skrein, L) is after your best girl (Morena Baccarin, R), the time has come to become a f***ing superhero'

'I don't have time for your X-Men bulls***!' The Christmas preview also revealed moments with two mutants - the steel-encased Colossus and telepath Negasonic Teenage Warhead

A little help: 19-year-old Texan Brianna Hildebrand (L) plays goth teen Ellie Phimister while 37-year-old Serbian Stefan Kapičić (2-R) voices 6ft7in Russian Piotr Rasputin

Intimidating: Deadpool enlists his formidable pals to face off against former MMA champ Gina Carano (Haywire), who plays imposing henchwoman Angel Dust

'You're way too much dude for me, that's why I brought him,' Ryan's character tells Angel before she defeats Colossus

Deadpool then waits for Negasonic Teenage Warhead - who trained in Muay Thai - to finish writing her tweet before ordering: 'Go get her tiger!'

After the explosion, Deadpool breaks the fourth wall and jokes: 'Oh I so pity the dude who pressures her into prom sex'

'Size matters': Tim Miller (Gopher Broke) made his feature directorial debut with the action comedy, which hits UK theaters February 10 and US theaters February 12