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.
Daryl Chase is an investment banker who is framed for laundering Mexican drug cartel money. On the run, he takes Freddy Tiffany's passport, only to find that Freddy is a street hustler who's on more wanted lists than he is.
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No doubt Griffin's antics, which are rehashed from his character on TV's "Malcolm & Eddie," are supposed to provide this dud's comedy relief -- à la Eddie Murphy -- to break up the shoot-'em-up action scenes. But his best lines are used in the trailers and by the time you hear Griffin reciting them up on the big screen, all you can muster is a forced chuckle. Especially painful to watch is the scene where street-smart Freddy tries to teach uptown snob Daryl how to act "black."
