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.
Ben and Adam have been best friends since they were children. Adam is the golden boy, for whom everything goes well. At college he falls in love with Nina and after a perfect courtship they are married. Ben, by contrast, has a hard time finding love, although he does eventually marry Kat. But when they move to New York he and Nina begin an affair that has far-reaching consequences for all four characters.