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.
An idealistic newspaperman gets a tip from a detective that the mob has moved into his home town. When he uncovers a gambling racket, the detective is murdered, and the police won't do anything to help. Soon the reporter is on the run from a shadowy crime lord, without a friend in the world.