Film.com's FREE movie of the week is "Love the Hard Way." Oscar-winner Adrien Brody and Charlotte Ayanna star in this drama about a thief who falls for a curious, beautiful young woman. As their intimacy grows, a slick cop (Pam Greer) is closing in.
Augustin is a bit-part actor who dreams of "making it." His true passion is martial arts films. Though he practices kung-fu moves alone in his bedroom, he knows he'll have to get profesional training to perform on film. Unable to go to China, he does the next best thing, he packs up and moves to Paris' Chinatown and falls in love with a beautiful accupuncturist.