D.J. Howard is known for Setup (2011), Rapid Fire (1992) and Lovecraft Country (2020). He was nominated for a 2008 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Driving Miss Daisy" at the First Folio Shakespeare Festival in Chicago, Illinois.

When student Jake Lo witnesses a killing, he finds himself caught between two feuding drug lords. Betrayed and set up by the federal agents, the only person he can trust is Ryan, a Chicago cop who reminds Jake of his deceased father.