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.
When two local drunks attack Joseph, a Mexican American high school boy, he takes refuge in a nearby suburban house that he assumes is empty for the weekend. Lolly thinks she'll have the house to herself while her parents are away. However, when Lolly finds Joesph in her home, they confront fear and prejudice square in the face, while sexual tension mounts bewteen the two.