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.
They all love handsome young Bruno- his pretty blond girlfriend Mari, a talented gymnast: Mari's brother Ringo, a skin-head hustler who also does drag; and the older married man to whom Bruno keeps running for help and comfort. But who does Bruno love? Even he doesn't seem to know. Rather than take a hard look at his life, he escapes into his fantasies. But back on solid ground things are pretty grim. Hustling with Ringo, Bruno runs afoul of the law. Soon after, a stolen key unlocks a sequence of events that lead to tragic consequences for everyone in Bruno's world.