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.
The story opens in London where Lenny, an aimless Frenchman, cons a Brit out of her money, scores some coke, and heads back to Paris where he cuts the drug with powder. He is soon put in touch with a drug dealer, Joel, to whom he sells the cocaine and then hurriedly buys a ticket before his double dealing is discovered. Juliette, one of Joel's cronies, lures Lenny into bed where he's quickly relieved of his earnings and means of escape. However, she also double crosses Joel by stealing a suitcase full of vials of the drug Special K. She and Lenny must now avoid the wrath of Joel while trying to unload their valuable cargo.