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.
John McWhirter is a hard-drinking reporter whose award-winning career is slipping away. But, he's just been handed the story of a lifetime and his editor wants the scoop. A group of radicals he helped send to prison for the failed bombing of an ROTC center want him to safeguard a beautiful fugitive. Posing as a Peruvian rebel, she's actually a Palestian operative, tied to the killing of a pro-Israel media mogul. McWhirter is pursued by a relentless FBI Agent and an enigmatic assassin, at the same time, he now must fight for the woman he loves and the story of a lifetime.