There are films that underperform at the box office that go on to have critical revivals, but they rarely start franchises. It wasn’t widely loved at the time, but it became an immortal cult classic anyway. Today, the franchise is getting ready to make a huge comeback with Henry Cavill in a new reboot, and when you revisit the original film, you can see why. Two additional theatrical sequels bombed at the box office, but a cinematic audience wasn’t needed by the 21st century because a new generation of fans had picked up the comics, web shows, and audio dramas. The phenomenon of the original Highlander may be what Freddie Mercury would describe as “only one sweet moment,” because “who wants to live forever?”Highlander streams on Tubi, Pluto TV, and the Roku Channel.