The film has never been released on DVD. Lions Gate has not announced any plans for a DVD release.
Although set in Hong Kong, several key scenes in the films were shot in the Philippines at the same time as Pyun was prepping Heatseeker, which along with Spitfire was shot back to back with this film.
The movie was released directly to videocassette on November 9, 1994. Hong Kong 97 was also released on laserdisc.
The film takes place from June 30 to July 1, 1997.
Andrew Divoff and Brion James previously appeared in the film "Another 48 Hours (1990)."