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.
Adam is an Egyptian-American student who returns to Cairo for a visit and falls in love with a young journalist, Hanane. When they elope, Adam's mother becomes possessive and jealous, and determines to get rid of her young rival for her son's affections. Discvering that Hanane's brother is a terrorist, she plans her revenge.