Contraband

Inciting Event: Chris’s brother-in-law Andy is hospitalized after becoming indebted to smuggler Biggs.

First Plot Point: Chris leaves for Panama to do a smuggling job to pay off Biggs.

First Pinch Point: Biggs threatens Chris’s family.

Midpoint: Andy takes Chris’s money, and Chris’s deal to buy counterfeit money goes south.

Second Pinch Point: Sebastian’s creditor threatens his life, and Sebastian tells Biggs to threaten Chris’s wife again.

Third Plot Point: Sebastian thinks he accidentally killed Chris’s wife, and he rats Chris out to the captain of Chris’s ship.

Climax: Chris goes after his wife.

Climactic Moment: Chris rescues his wife.

Resolution: Chris retrieves his smuggled goods and sells them for a fortune.

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