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.
Michael has been released from prison after getting mixed up in fraud for a gangster. Trying to piece together his life, he winds up at a small boarding house, where he meets shy Alice, the daughter of the landlady. He introduces her to his hobby -- model trains -- and together the two dream of exotic travels. But when the gangsters catch up to Michael, he has to make his travel fantasies come true quicker than he imagined.