You have an impossible mission, a master criminal, a gang of experts, an evil, preening bad guy, and an action-filled climax worthy of the great Jerry Bruckheimer. The mission is harder than it looks. Cage and his cohorts are given a list of 50 cars to steal, all of them honeys. This is vitally important to the movie. Cage and his merry band aren't just stealing Honda Accords and Toyota Tercels and Chevy Cavaliers for parts.
Car thieves hurt people and drive up all our auto insurance premiums.
All of us, in a place deep down in our hearts, can't help but smile when we see someone stealing a symbol of conspicuous consumption like a Cadillac SUV or a new Ferrari. In 60 Seconds is that there's a long takeoff for a short flight. The movie spends a little too long on the problems of recruiting assistant car thieves, with both Robert Duvall and Angelina Jolie appearing in scenes where they initially decline to get involved, but show up later anyway. There's a lot of time spent on Delroy Lindo's policeman character, and his attempts to thwart the mission. There's a lot of time spent riding around, taking pictures of cars that the gang is planning to steal.