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.
Focusing primarily on homosexuality, gender-bending symbolism, father figures, and man-to-man combat in Hong Kong cinema, director Stanley Kwan presents his personal view on a cinematic tradition obsessed with male posturing, as he takes on issues of family, brutality and sexuality within a cultural context.