Paramount Pictures has released the opening scene from director Larry Charles’ The DictatorÂ starring Sacha Baron Cohen.

Coming to theaters on May 16, the R-rated comedy also includes actors Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley, Megan Fox, John C. Reilly and J.B. Smoove .

The film tells the heroic story of a dictator who risked his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.

The clip can be viewed below: