As for the DVD, it doesn't dissapoints. Sound is in Dolby Surround and displays well at key action scenes of the film. Overall, it deserves to be in every respected DVD collector's shelves. In China is one of the most important landmarks in HK film history with stunning fight sequences, great performances from all the cast and a strong controversial plot altogether. Sadly the American Region 1 DVD fail to do justice to the film.
Picture is muddy and sound is mono.
Even the english dubbed version suffers from near total darkness. Sound is only mono and not a very good one at that. It's even worse than the Region Zero available in the Asian market. I recommend the UK Region 2 instead. It is definitely ten times clearer and has a full-length commentary by director Tsui Hark and also interviews.