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.
James O'Malley is a cop so rigid that he would give his own grandmother a ticket. When he stops John Phillips for having a faulty muffler, he has no idea of the impact of his actions. John loses his job for late arrival, and soon his family is plunged into poverty. When O'Malley realised what he has caused, he decides he needs to compromise a little after all.