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.
Margaret is a single mother in her early thirties, who becomes involved with Jim, a man ten years her junior. He moves in and soon Margaret is competing for his attention with her 13 year old daughter Lisa. Provoked by Margaret's jealousy, Jim sleeps with Lisa and feels immediately guilty. Soon, Lisa and Jim are having a clandestine affair, and as Lisa gets involved with modeling for her mother's friend Frank, Jim's anger at the situation grows.