See, this is what happens when you attempt to placate a hot woman. You end up with “The Chosen One.” It’s safe to say Carmen Electra had absolutely no business being in movies, unless it was in some kind of ironic sense. She was in “Baywatch” for a while, but it’s not like that series ever required anyone to pull in anything but a sub-par performance. It’s pretty interesting that of all the movie roles, she decides to star in a pseudo-supehero movie of all things. She’s not convincing as an action star, as she engages in only two short fight scenes in the entire movie, and doesn’t really sell herself as this heroine.
Carmen Electra, whose name already sounds like a superhero moniker, plays McKenna Ray, a Native American young woman who is of course fated to become the Raven superhero. Much of the script is either too confusing to follow, or incomplete, so the director is reliant on a lot of audio put in to post production. The prologue features dialogue exchange between two characters that’s obviously audio put in post production that is meant to clear up some confusion. Plus the entirety of the movie is narrated by McKenna Ray’s father, and yet the narrator is a younger man with a deep voice while McKenna’s dad is an elderly Native American. The narration is blatantly inserted to help guide the audience along on the ridiculous and very convoluted tale of McKenna’s journey to become The Raven. When McKenna’s sister Emma (played by the hotter Playboy Playmate Shauna Sand Lamas, who also has no business being in movies) is killed, McKenna becomes the branded child.
She then has to fulfill some kind of prophecy and carry the mark of the Raven. She also has to wear the necklace of “The Crescent.” What the hell is “The Crescent”? Who knows? It’s never fully explained or detailed for the audience. It’s just one big MacGuffin that everyone wants, oddly enough. McKenna begins transforming in personality and attitude, through this. When I say “transforming,” I mean she just dances erotically for the most part and grunts whenever she sways. What a skilled thespian. Her sex drive is also improved, but anyone looking for some skin from Electra is sadly out of luck. The entirety of her nudity in the film is accomplished by blatant body doubles. McKenna finds out that her spirit guide is the Raven, and she’s constantly guided by the ghost of her sister.
The Native American after life must be great since McKenna’s sister always appears in new clothing, and make up every single time she shows up to badger her sister. In a hilarious instance, McKenna and the ghost of her sister even begin arguing with one another when McKenna mocks her. McKenna is taunted and murdered, but revived by the Raven. I know what you’re saying: Rip off of The Crow? No, her spirit guide is a Raven. See? It’s different. The bright side is that the script doesn’t require Electra to say all that much, so she mostly just attempts to emote and mime her feelings while the narration performs most of her work for her.
McKenna is apparently “The Chosen One” but they never tell us what she’s been chosen for. Plus, the narrator explains that her powers will begin to grow, but we never actually see any powers displayed. She literally does nothing but dress up and engage in a very abrupt and poorly directed fight and gets the piss kicked out of her by the villain in the climax. Also did McKenna’s sister have powers? Did she dress up as a super hero and fight crime? Was she the chosen one, too? Were the powers distributed among the BraveNight bloodline evenly? “The Chosen One” is much too muddled and stupid to really apply any thought in to, it’s mainly just one of the first attempts by Carmen Electra to become an actress. Luckily for her this cinematic effort has become very obscure and mostly forgotten, over the years. “a sexy, action-packed thrill-ride of non-stop unbelievable special effects which has made the film one of the years surprise hits.” In what reality?