We know what to expect from a new Borat movie: the worst. We know it will be stunningly vulgar, packed with stunts and gags that seem guaranteed to generate a violent response. The satire will be so broad it offends fans as well as foes. It will be kind of disgusting, with lots of moments that don’t provoke a belly laugh but a thin chuckle through clenched teeth. And yet, Sacha Baron Cohen, who plays the idiotic reporter from Kazakhstan, still manages to surprise us.

It’s been 14 years since the first Borat adventure, made when George W Bush was President. This sequel, which revels in the title: Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, looks at an America that has grown exponentially crazier since then.