McKenna Ray Bravenight - Carmen Electra! Once she learns of her sister Emma's untimely death, McKenna returns to her home. She quickly rekindles a relationship with Henry and comes to grips with her role in Native American folklore. She becomes "The Raven" and fights for truth justice and the (Native) American way!

When my buddy Duane over at B-Movie Central came up with this roundtable theme I was at a loss for words. Not since our first roundtable have we done anything remotely risque so it was a welcome change. My only problem with this roundtable was choosing a movie with a busty lead star. After hours of indecision I finally made my choice, Chosen One: Legend of the Raven. I had only seen it once and the only thing I could recall about the film was that Carmen Electra was in it, and that she got naked! (Oh come on now, I am a guy!) After watching it again, I realized why I had pretty much forgotten the movie... it's terrible!

McKenna Bravenight returns home after her sister Emma is murdered. She only plans on staying for the funeral but that doesn't quite pan out. McKenna's old flame, Henry, shows up and starts putting the moves on her. That's all well and good, but you see, Henry has been bedding down with Nora up to this point. Once Nora finds out that he's spending a lot of time at McKenna's place, a chain reaction begins. Nora starts hitting the booze and taking crystal meth, and begins a downward spiral into self-degradation and alcoholism. McKenna begins making some changes herself. Her father, Papi gives her the Sacred Crescent, the talisman that her sister had long guarded. This charm has special powers and it quickly turns McKenna into a milk-swilling nymphomaniac.

She and Henry soon begin fornicating on a regular basis and these scenes are truly the high points of the film. In their first sexual encounter, Henry gets so worked up that he uses a chair to smash through a window in McKenna's house. Granted she did some teasing and used her special powers to seduce him, but couldn't she have just unlocked the front door and let him in? This leads to a quick and rather well done soft-core porno scene. It's quick, it's intense, it's erotic, and highly rewindable. Unfortunately we have to wait another half hour for the next sex scene. Meanwhile, Nora starts becoming a little hostile towards Henry. This is best illustrated when she aids Cole in brutally beating her former lover. To add insult to injury, Cole urinates on Henry, kidnaps him, and then screws Nora while Henry watches from the back of Cole's pickup truck. Was all that really necessary? And how can these two manage to assault a police officer and not suffer any major consequences?

Afterwards, Nora and Cole dump Henry off at McKenna's house and drive-off. This is where McKenna gets to use her newly acquired powers (with a little instruction from her sister's ghost) to heal Henry (and make all the blood on his face suddenly disappear! Thanks Calgon!). McKenna then saunters off in search of those responsible for the assault. Using her keen powers of "hearing evil" she finds Nora, Cole, Dougie, and Ricky Dean out in the woods. She hides behind a nearby tree and spies on them but her cover is blown after she's hit with a ricocheting bullet. McKenna flees for her life and comes upon a pit in the ground. She grabs a nearby (conveniently placed) shovel and wards off her attackers until Nora blasts her with a shotgun. Nora starts reveling over McKenna's demise but ends up suffering the safe fate. As she's celebrating, Cole raises his shotgun and fills Nora with buckshot.

This is not the end of the tale, as both women are resurrected overnight by the power of the Sacred Crescent. McKenna is the guardian of said sacred charm so she becomes "The Raven." Nora however is drawn to the dark-side and becomes "The Wolf." The movie picks up the pace here a little bit as it jumps back and forth between the film's future combatants. Nora goes on a miniature onslaught and kills, Dougie, Ricky Dean, Cole, and the "Route 33 Serial Killer" (played by director Lawrence Lanoff). McKenna in the meantime dons a skintight, silver bodysuit (with a few trimmings) and does a little crime-fighting. She also manages to have another soft-core sex scene with Henry as well. This time, McKenna heats things up by spilling milk all over her body, thus initiating the best part of the film! (And keep your eye on that milk bottle she's holding. At some point, it magically fills itself back up again!) I never knew that milk was an aphrodisiac!

At this point, the cast is down to four people (if you include the always omniscient Papi) which means that it's time for the climatic battle between good and evil. Henry and McKenna confront Nora at a bar where Henry is fatally wounded. This leads to the first and final battle between the film's two super-nymphos and it's rather anti-climatic. While quick cuts and lots of close-ups work well with a sex scene (which Lanoff must excel at by now), they do not work well during a fight scene. It also doesn't help that the fight is poorly choreographed and poorly lit either. McKenna of course emerges victorious and, as we discover at the very end, has resurrected Henry with the power of the Sacred Crescent. Wait, isn't there only supposed to be one chosen one? I really don't think there can be an exception to that...

Chosen One: Legend of the Raven is a movie with a serious identity crisis. It tries to be a super-heroine/fantasy film, then it tries to be a soft-core porno, then it leans toward being a drama, and occasionally turns into a sleazy exploitation film. All this mixing of genres isn't a bad thing. It shows that someone was making a creative attempt to appeal to a wider audience. However, if that is the case, then the idea backfired. To truly pull something off like this, you need a capable director and a good cast. Lawrence Lanoff does a decent job as the director of this film, but his main area of expertise is soft-core porn and it shows. The two main sex scenes in the film are well done, however the rest of the movie, especially the action sequences, look poor and amateurish.

The cast of Chosen One... is a mixed bag and a few decent performances can be found. Carmen Electra is terrible in this movie and probably only got the role for her good looks and large breasts. How she even became affiliated with this film is beyond me, but my guess is that she owed someone a favor (or needed some rent money). In contrast, Tim Bagley who plays Ricky Dean does a pretty good job in this flick. Though he only has a small role as a comic relief flunky, he manages to be a rather likeable and sympathetic character. Sadly, the same is not true for the remainder of the cast. So if you have the urge to actually watch this movie, it's probably just to see Carmen Electra naked. If that's the case, be sure to follow my handy Things to Watch For section below. That way you won't have to watch the whole movie, unless you really want to.