Cold Wallet (2025) — AI Story Visualization

Plot Analysis Summary

A desperate cryptocurrency recovery mission transforms financial hope into coercion, violence, and an unresolved moral dispute over restitution.

Story Structure — 5 Plot Phases

A Fortune Built On Tulip

Billy and Dom promote Tulip coin during a Christmas celebration. Billy ties financial success to buying a house and rebuilding his life with Steph, while Eileen reminds him of the court-ordered limits on his visit.

Key Events

• Christmas Tulip Promotion — Billy and Dom enthusiastically promote Tulip coin and toast to its future. Characters: Billy, Dom Location: Christmas celebration
• Billy's Wealth Dream — Billy connects cryptocurrency wealth with buying a house and reuniting with Steph. Characters: Billy, Steph Location: Christmas celebration
• Court-Ordered Visit — Eileen reminds Billy that his visit with Steph is limited by a court order. Characters: Billy, Eileen, Steph Location: Christmas celebration
• Tulip Coin Collapse — The investment collapses and the group discovers that their money has disappeared. Characters: Billy, Dom, Eva Location: Unspecified

The Vanishing Investment

The investment collapses and the group's money disappears. Billy, Dom, and Eva trace the suspected thief's Tesla and decide to recover the funds, even considering an airdrop for other victims.

Key Events

• Tracing The Tesla — Billy, Dom, and Eva trace the suspected thief's Tesla to a remote mansion. Characters: Billy, Dom, Eva Location: Road to a remote mansion
• Restitution Plan — The group plans to recover the funds and considers an airdrop for other victims. Characters: Billy, Dom, Eva Location: Road to a remote mansion
• Hostage Plan Dispute — Dom objects to holding anyone hostage, but the group purchases a gun. Characters: Billy, Dom, Eva Location: Road to a remote mansion

The Mansion Standoff

The group reaches the remote mansion, buys a gun, and restrains Charles Hegel. Charles denies keeping the recovery information there and offers corporate money instead, but Billy refuses to leave without the wallets.

Key Events

• Mansion Confrontation — The group confronts Charles Hegel and restrains him inside the mansion. Characters: Billy, Dom, Eva, Charles Hegel Location: Remote mansion
• Missing Seeds And Passphrases — Charles says the recovery information is not stored at the mansion. Characters: Billy, Dom, Eva, Charles Hegel Location: Remote mansion
• Corporate Money Offer — Charles offers to wire money from a corporate account, but Billy refuses. Characters: Billy, Charles Hegel Location: Remote mansion
• Assistant Contacted — Under pressure, Charles calls his assistant to arrange access to the information. Characters: Charles Hegel, Billy, Dom, Eva Location: Remote mansion
• Secure Storage Revealed — Charles claims the recovery information is protected in bank boxes and other secure locations. Characters: Charles Hegel, Billy, Dom, Eva Location: Remote mansion

Hardware Without A Key

Charles contacts his assistant while the group searches for a way into the cryptocurrency. A hacker warns that the unfamiliar hardware may take months to understand and demands thirty percent of its value.

Key Events

• Hacker Brought In — The group brings in a hacker to understand the unfamiliar hardware. Characters: Billy, Dom, Eva Location: Remote mansion
• Hacker Demands Thirty Percent — The hacker warns the process could take months and demands thirty percent of the value. Characters: Billy, Dom, Eva Location: Remote mansion
• Secret Call To Steph — Billy secretly promises Steph that they will live together in a new house. Characters: Billy, Steph, Eileen Location: Remote mansion
• Call Cut Short — Eileen limits Billy's call with Steph, reinforcing their strained relationship. Characters: Billy, Steph, Eileen Location: Remote mansion

Violence And Restitution

Billy's call with Steph is restricted before the standoff turns violent and a man is killed. Eva proposes distributing the cryptocurrency back to its owners, but Charles rejects the idea and the survivors' fate remains uncertain.

Key Events

• Violence Erupts — The standoff turns violent and a man is shot and killed. Characters: Billy, Dom, Eva, Charles Hegel Location: Remote mansion
• Moral Reckoning — Charles accuses Billy of becoming a killer, while Billy calls Charles a menace. Characters: Billy, Charles Hegel Location: Remote mansion
• Multisender Restitution — Eva presents a multisender application to distribute Charles's cryptocurrency to its owners. Characters: Eva, Billy, Charles Hegel Location: Remote mansion
• Uncertain Restitution — Charles mocks restitution as a betrayal of crypto's capitalist culture, leaving the outcome uncertain. Characters: Eva, Billy, Dom, Charles Hegel Location: Remote mansion

Story Breakdown

• Christmas Crypto Dream — Billy and Dom begin with confidence in Tulip coin and its promise of financial transformation.
  • Tulip Coin Toast — Billy and Dom enthusiastically promote Tulip coin during the Christmas celebration.
  • House And Reunion — Billy connects cryptocurrency wealth with buying a house and reuniting with Steph.
• Family Pressure — Billy's financial hopes are complicated by restricted access to Steph and conflict with Eileen.
  • Court Ordered Visit — Eileen reminds Billy that his visit is limited by a court order.
  • Interrupted Promise — Billy promises Steph a shared home, but Eileen limits their call.
• The Missing Fortune — The collapse of the investment turns financial disappointment into a recovery mission.
  • Tulip Coin Collapse — The investment fails and the group's money disappears.
  • Tesla Trail — Billy, Dom, and Eva trace the suspected thief's Tesla to a remote mansion.
• Mansion Hostage Plan — The group chooses direct confrontation and crosses a moral line by restraining Charles.
  • Gun Purchase — The group purchases a gun despite Dom's objection to holding anyone hostage.
  • Charles Restrained — Billy and the group confront and restrain Charles inside the mansion.
• Locked Cryptocurrency — Charles blocks immediate access to the cryptocurrency by describing multiple layers of security.
  • Missing Passphrases — Charles says the recovery seeds and passphrases are not stored at the mansion.
  • Hacker's Delay — The hacker warns that understanding the hardware may take months and demands thirty percent.
• Violence And Consequences — The standoff becomes deadly and forces Billy to face the moral cost of the operation.
  • Shot And Killed — Violence erupts and a man is shot and killed.
  • Killer Accusation — Charles accuses Billy of becoming a killer, while Billy calls Charles a menace.
• Restitution Question — Eva proposes returning Charles's cryptocurrency to its owners, but Charles rejects the idea.
  • Multisender Application — Eva presents a multisender application designed to distribute the cryptocurrency back to its owners.
  • Capitalist Rejection — Charles mocks restitution as a betrayal of cryptocurrency's capitalist culture.

Directed by

Cutter Hodierne

Key Cast

• Raúl Castillo — Billy
• Melonie Díaz — Eva
• Tony Cavalero — Dom
• Josh Brener — Charles Hegel
• Zoë Winters — Eileen