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.
Returning to the Deep South to a town that once held back their opportunities but now glistens as a modern, sexy city, the Boxer family and its extended members discover in the memory of a loved one what binds them together. The tale chronicles the lives and loves of this African-American family as they are forced to come to terms with a tumultuous past marked by an unrequited interacial affair. And the family patriarch must confront his demons, amidst the changing racial fabric of society and his own family.