The Glove

Ex-cop Sam Kellog is offered a large off-the-book bounty of $20,000 by Lt. Kruger to track down Victor Hale. The promise of cash pulls him into a dangerous pursuit through Los Angeles. He knows taking the job could solve his finances but also pull him deeper into trouble.

Kellog is frustrated by the low pay from bounty work and the strain of unpaid alimony. His ex-wife threatens to limit weekend visitation with their daughter if payments slip further. The impending money from the Hale case represents a potential life-changing fix.

Hale is introduced as a dangerous former prisoner who uses a riot glove to brutalize guards. In contrast, he earns a living as a guitarist in a jazz band and is well-liked by tenants in his low-income housing project. The contrast paints Hale as both menacing and charismatic.

Hale targets former prison guards who brutalized him, continuing to use the riot glove motif. The killings pulse through the city as Kellog starts to connect the crimes to Hale. The violence escalates as Hale's spree gathers attention.

Harry Iverson arrives from New York offering to team up with Kellog to catch Hale. Kellog refuses, insisting he works alone and doesn't trust partners. The clash foreshadows further tension between the men involved.

Kellog begins asking questions about Hale's whereabouts, tightening the net around the ex-con. Hale realizes he is being hunted and starts to stalk Kellog, even calling Kellog's house to unsettle him. The cat-and-mouse game intensifies.

The pursuit moves toward Hale's building, where Kellog closes in on Hale’s apartment. Hale studies Kellog's routines and uses taunts to keep him off balance as the confrontation looms. The tension builds toward a climactic encounter.

Kellog confronts Hale on the roof, where Hale openly invites a fight and hands Kellog the riot glove as a taunt. The duel is framed as a brutal test of wills between hunter and hunted. The confrontation is immediate and charged with history.

The two men exchange devastating blows until both collapse, exhausted, in a stalemate. Kellog removes the riot glove to show there is no personal grudge keeping him from finishing Hale. Hale helps Kellog to his feet and begins to escort him away from danger.

Iverson arrives and shoots Hale to death, revealing the bounty was to kill him rather than capture. The violence shatters the fragile truce between the hunter and his prey and sets the stage for the residents' response.

Hearing the gunfire, residents of the building rush to the scene and beat Iverson to death for killing Hale, taking justice into their own hands. Kellog is left battered and bloodied on the floor amid the chaos. The community's response underscores the film's moral underside.

In a final voice-over, Kellog confirms he received the $20,000 bounty and used it to pay off his debts. With finances restored, he regains visitation rights to his daughter, closing the case with a bittersweet sense of closure.