Geostorm (2017)

It's divisive. Only 62% of audiences liked it based on 5,089 votes. Critics scored it lower at 20%, but audiences disagreed.

After an unprecedented series of natural disasters threatened the planet, the world's leaders came together to create an intricate network of satellites to control the global climate and keep everyone safe. But now, something has gone wrong: the system built to protect Earth is attacking it, and it becomes a race against the clock to uncover the real threat before a worldwide geostorm wipes out everything and everyone along with it. Wikipedia ↗

Geostorm is a 2017 American science fiction disaster film directed by Dean Devlin. Gerard Butler stars as Jake Lawson, the designer of a vast network of climate-controlling satellites called Dutch Boy that was built to prevent catastrophic weather events. When the satellite system begins malfunctioning — creating devastating, targeted weather events including frozen tsunamis in Dubai, fireballs in Hong Kong, and lightning storms in Orlando — Jake must travel to the International Space Station to uncover a conspiracy to weaponize the system.

Dean Devlin, longtime producing partner of Roland Emmerich, made his directorial debut with a film that aspired to Emmerich-scale disaster spectacle but was plagued by extensive reshoots overseen by Jerry Bruckheimer. Geostorm earned $221 million worldwide on a $120 million budget, a commercial loss. The film confirmed the commercial viability of its franchise approach and demonstrated the property's appeal to its target audience worldwide.