Product Details

• Actors: Kathleen Barr, Lisa Ann Beley, Dexter Bell, Michael Donovan, Brian Drummond
• Directors: William Gordon
• Writers: Ian Richter
• Producers: Ben Burden Smith, Ian Richter, Kim Dent-Wilder, Rob Hudnut, Sharan Wood
• Format: AC-3, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: August 23, 2005
• Run Time: 66 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0009JE7N8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,137 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Hot Wheels Acceleracers, Vol. 2 - The Speed of Silence" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

The drivers enter the Water Realm where former surfer Vert, racing in his own element, is determined to prove that he's still a champion. But after a devastating attack by the Racing Drones, he ends up being the first driver to fail. In the Metro Realm, the drivers have to find their way through an eerie deserted city choked with traffic. The racers are also introduced to a new weapon developed by the Racing Drones: a huge car-eating "Sweeper." We also get a glimpse of the mysterious fourth team, the Silencerz.

• Product Measures: 0.5 x 5.5 x 7.5

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Racing, But Who (Or What) Are The Silencerz?, August 20, 2005

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Jukebox Graduate "gleep28" (Parma, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot Wheels Acceleracers 2: Speed Silence (DVD)

The story of Vert Wheeler and his racing friends that began in "Hot Wheels World Race" and "Hot Wheels Acceleracers: Ignition" continues here.

"Vert" Wheeler and the rest of the Teku racing team must work with their rivals the Metal Maniacs to drive in the "Racing Realms", other dimensional race tracks that test a driver's racing skills to their extreme limit. Whoever reaches the finish line of each realm first receives an "Accelercharger", which grants the user's vehicle a special power (frictionless driving, hyperspeed, etc). Scattered throughout the realms are "Hyperpods", which the driver's car can attach to give it special abilities as well.

Unfortunately, the evil Gelorum has obtained the Wheel Of Power (see the Hot Wheels World Race DVD) and her robots will stop at nothing to obtain all the Accelerchargers!! If they do, they will be able to take over the world, which is NOT a good thing for us humans!

Not only that, but a mysterious THIRD racing team, the Silencerz, have shown up! Who (and what) are they, and are they on the side of good or evil?

This episode does a great job of propelling the main storyline, as well as moving along several subplots. It's always fun to watch adventures with the Hot Wheels drivers as they take on Gelorum and her drones on fantastic race tracks.

A lot of the reservations I had about the Hot Wheels Acceleracers : Ignition release are not as strong here.

- The Teku and Metal Maniacs now appear more as rival racing teams (which they should have been anyway) as opposed to rival street racing gangs.

- The physical violence content has been reduced as well. There's nothing on this disc that resembles the opening sequence of the Ignition DVD when Dr Tezla was attacked by the drones.

My children enjoy this DVD, and look forward to future Hot Wheels Acceleracers DVDs.

The Cartoon Network has already broadcast the third part of the Hot Wheels Accceleracers saga, Breaking Point, and will be airing the fourth episode "Hot Wheels Accceleracers: The Ultimate Race" on October 1st of 2005. If you missed part 3, they usually rebroadcast them the day before the new episode, so look for it on Friday, September 30, 2005.

This DVD comes with 6 micro-episodes, that contain racing and plot elements in realms not shown in the main movie (the Cliffside Realm and the Ice Realm).

Check out my reviews of the Hot Wheels World Race and Hot Wheels Acceleracers: Ignition DVDs for more information on those titles.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Just plain bad!, September 13, 2005

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Jason Behrmann "behrpawmommy" (Brentwood, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hot Wheels Acceleracers, Vol. 2 - The Speed of Silence (DVD)

I bought this for my 5 year old's birthday and I was disgusted. He loved World Race and so did I but I think this one has gone too far. I don't like how it talks about Marky being in prison and that a lot of the characters have tatoos on them. They made all the characters look so old and it just seems more violent to me than World Race. Kids shouldn't have to be exposed to that stuff in a cartoon. I only watched 1/3 of it and turned it off.The next day I took it back to get a refund. I'm going to buy World Race but not this one! Frankly, I am surprised at all the positive reviews.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than Ignition but still lacking....., March 21, 2006

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JennaB (Maryland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hot Wheels Acceleracers, Vol. 2 - The Speed of Silence (DVD)

PLEASE BRING BACK TARO KITANO AS HE WAS IN WORLD RACE!!!! Okay, I sort of got that out of my system. SO continues the saga, but you need to view/watch the "extras" (read: realms) for plot points, etc. This volume had much less violence and some more levity than "Ignition", but many questions are still left unanswered - where is Banjee?? Why was Mark Wylde in prison? What happened between Lani and Taro that they don't seem to like each other? <sigh> I guess I'll just have to wait for the next two DVDs (I hope my questions are answered). Still, an interesting movie if you liked the previous two (World Race and Ignition). Cool cars and cool realms. Vert disappears for a while to determine if he was lucky or really was the best driver. Galorum has someone - does she have others? Will the drivers care more about the race or their friends?