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.
Back in Casablanca after 10 years of training in the US, Taoufik plans to set up an opthalmology practice with his wife, Sophia. But during dinner at a swanky hotel in Tangier, his drink is drugged and Sophia is abducted, raped, and dumped on a street the next morning. He tries to avenge the crime by getting a gun and getting a sleazy hotel manager to take him to the kidnappers. However, during a struggle, Taoufik accidentally shoots a policeman. The couple are now on the run.