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.
Emile Brockton enjoys TV, chicken pot pies and not much else. His life has become banal and meaningless so he decides to spice it up by killing himself. A friend at work learns of his plan and jumps at the opportunity to film the spectacle. Finally Emile becomes the center of someone's attention, giving him a reason to live -- but if he doesn't go through with his suicide his life will revert to what it was. What's a guy to do?