For those of you who felt &#8220Saw” and &#8220Saw II” left many questions unanswered, here comes the latest installment – entitled, appropriately enough, &#8220Saw III.”

Fans of this ridiculous trilogy will be pleased to know that the second sequel features more of the same blood and gore they came to love in the first two installments.

For everyone else, well, it’s basically the same junk you saw the first two times.

This film follows the maniacal serial killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell) kidnapping a young doctor (Bahar Soomekh) so she can keep him alive while he watches his apprentice Amanda (Shawnee Smith) put a grieving father (Angus Macfadyen) through a series of gruesome tests.

The film is full of plenty of grotesque killings that left me squeamish and looking to bolt for the theater exit.

I don’t have a problem with uncomfortable violence if it comes in a film that’s at least remotely entertaining, which this movie is not.

This installment is lazy, coasting on everything that made the first two films so popular – including the surprise twist, which isn’t that surprising (except for the fact that Jigsaw has to be the greatest clairvoyant ever for the final turn to actually happen).

The actors are fine given the material they were given. Pressed to say something remotely nice about &#8220Saw III,” I will concede that 20 years after playing the pregnant student in &#8220Summer School,” Smith is still pretty hot.

Other than that, there is nothing even remotely interesting about &#8220Saw III,” which is a front-runner for one of the worst films of 2006.

DVD dandy of the week

This week’s DVD dandy is &#8220Cars” (B), a delightful animated film that is smart enough to play to adults while entertaining kiddies, too.

&#8220Cars” tells the story of Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson), a cocky rookie racecar about to win the coveted Piston Cup.

On the way to the deciding race, McQueen gets sidetracked and winds up in the small town of Radiator Springs.

At first, McQueen spurns the town’s inhabitants, but eventually he learns to respect and bond with the community.

&#8220Cars” is a gorgeous movie to watch, with beautiful sweeping animation and a clear visual eye that distinguishes Pixar from other animation studios.

The film also features a great cast. Wilson is very good as McQueen and Paul Newman proves to be the perfect voice for Doc Hudson, the town’s leader with a racing past of his own.

&#8220Cars” features good voice work from Bonnie Hunt, Larry the Cable Guy and Cheech Marin as well.

While the story is interesting and flows smoothly, my biggest complaint is the running time. &#8220Cars” clocks in at just over two hours – a marathon for little kids – which probably means a lot of stops and starts on the DVD player.

Still, it’s a small flaw for a film that entertains. Children will love the &#8220Toy Story”-like simplicity, but adults will appreciate the humor aimed right in their direction. Combined with the enjoyable &#8220Over the Hedge,” &#8220Cars’ ” success makes it a pretty good summer for family films.

&#8220Cars” is rated G and will be available on DVD on Tuesday.