I haven't seen the movie and most likely won't. But the thought I had whilst listening to the episode is, is this an attempt to make the Movie Hackers but for a straight male audience?
The whole can't touch or use a computer for years is almost a direct callback (unless we want to believe that it's just a hacker movie trope) and also whilst Hackers is a surprise darling of queer audiences due to the colourful cast Swordfish sounds like the most 13 year old straight white kid movie ever made.