The house scene is a classic siege sequence, with Bosch defending his home. Titus Welliver, who plays Bosch, worked to make his handling of weapons feel like muscle memory to make the scene as realistic as possible.
While shooting the house siege, a major fog rolled in and out, causing a continuity problem. Director Ernest Dickerson shot scenes both with and without the fog, adjusting dialogue to acknowledge the fog in case they used those scenes.
The sequence at Bosch's house was shot by director Ernest Dickerson over four nights, shooting night for night. The challenges included shooting parts of the house they'd never shot before and lighting the scenes for night. Fast lenses help with the night shooting, and digital photography can take in more than the naked eye sees in low-light situations.
One of director Ernest Dickerson's visual inspirations for the house scene was the Michael Mann film "Collateral," which was one of the first features to be shot digitally. Ernest also took still photographs to help pre-visualize the angles he wanted to use.
The character J. Edgar mentions that his uncle, who was killed in Haiti, had the last name "Hector ". That is the name of the actor who plays J. Edgar (Jamie Hector).