Does anyone else want there to be an unconventional villain for this film? Like, instead of an evil AI, or a rogue terrorist or something, why not some nihilistic teenage hacker? For bonus points, make it a girl.
Don't have them ham it up, just have them give a really scary, detached kind of performance, like someone who's completely broken from reality and wants everyone to die. And Gerard Butler's character has to somehow talk her down.
With the right villain this could actually be a good movie. Like not just popcorn fun good, but legitimately 70s on Rotten Tomatoes good.