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.
After an affair with her college professor goes south, former good girl Theresa moves out of her parent's home to forge a life of her own. During the day she teaches deaf children, but at night she turns into into a promiscuous drug using, party-girl frequenting singles bars. As Theresa's life spins out of control, she makes a vow to stop her self-destructive behavior, but before she does, she goes to one last bar and brings home one last stranger.