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Love the Hard Way

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.

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Rating: PG-13

Running Time: 93 mins.

Country Of Origin: United States

starring: Nadia Bjorlin, Angus MacFadyen, Kevin Levrone, Eddie Griffin, Nathan Phillips, Tim Matheson, David Dayan Fisher, Mary Elise Hayden

director: Andy Cheng

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A gorgeous young automobile fanatic--and front to the hottest unsigned band on the West coast--finds herself caught up in illegal drag-racing competitions organized for the pleasure of a bunch of bored billionaires.

The script gives little if any help to the actors in this scattered camp-fest meets a misogynistic hip-hop video—starting with funnyman Eddie Griffin, basically doing standup and one-liners throughout. Angus MacFadyen (Saw III) brings some presence to the drowning film, with his shell-shocked Martin Sheen/Apocalypse Now parodyÂ—strange drunken dances to boot. Veteran actor and man of a thousand bad parts, Tim Matheson--who has managed to stay afloat with B movies since his glory days as Eric…