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Overview

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6.2/10   1,205 votes
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Director:
Peter Sehr
Writers:
Shuo Wang (novel)
Peter Sehr (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
27 March 2003 (Germany) more
Genre:
Drama | Crime | Romance more
Plot:
The story of a petty thief who meets an innocent young woman and brings her into his world of crime while she teaches him the lessons of enjoying life and being loved. | full synopsis
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Awards:
4 wins & 1 nomination more
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Virgin Myth more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Adrien Brody ... Jack Grace

Charlotte Ayanna ... Claire Harrison

Jon Seda ... Charlie
August Diehl ... Jeff

Pam Grier ... Det. Linda Fox
Liza Jessie Peterson ... Pam

Elizabeth Regen ... Sue

Katherine Moennig ... Debbie

Joey Kern ... Fitzgerald
Jonathan Hadary ... Boris
Michael G. Chin ... Asian Businessman #1
Ben Wang ... Asian Businessman #2
Huan Wang ... Asian Businessman #3
Ned Stresen-Reuter ... Brian

Michaela Conlin ... Cara, Jack's Lover
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Love the hard Way - Atemlos in New York (Germany)
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MPAA:
Rated R for sexual content, language and violence.
Runtime:
104 min
Country:
Germany | USA
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital

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Quotes:
Jack: Did you read it?
Claire: Yeah, I did.
Jack: And?
Claire: I don't blame you you know, I never did.
Jack: [swallows]
Claire: And going to the dark side of the moon wasn't the worst thing.
Jack: What was?
Claire: Going alone.
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References Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) more
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FAQ

A NOTE ABOUT SPOILERS
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Virgin Myth, 21 March 2006
7/10
Author: RARubin from United States

Pam Grier steals this film and she's only on screen for five minutes total. She's a whole lot of woman! Just kidding. I liked Love the Hard Way. Here is an attempt at a modern romantic myth, namely the American Virgin. Sure men want their love chick to be pure, to raise sons and daughters that are yours and yours alone, but Adrien Brody is a young thief in a porno world he did not make. After all, he's slept with 200 women. So in between hotel sleaze capers, he beds innocent Columbia biology genius with the big chest, Charlotte Avanna, and our Lothario gets more than he bargained for as his virgin becomes promiscuous in the cause of thievery. Naturally, our hero is stunned, angry, and confused.

Charlottes' revenge or strategy to get her man is pretty far fetched, but the director has created an atmosphere of slimy New York thieves on the make with a rap film score and big Cadillac's squealing tires amidst the riff raff, so we sort of believe the unbelievable. It's a nice try in the same vein as Tarentino's script, True Romance, but LTHW is grittier.

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