THE CHOSEN ONE:
LEGEND OF THE RAVEN
Director: Lawrence Lanoff
Combatants:
Carmen Electra vs Debra Xavier
The plot goes as follows courtesy of IMBD:
When a serial killer mysteriously and savagely murders a young Indian woman in rural Los Angeles county, her sister McKenna must replace her as the keeper of an amulet, the sacred crescent. Reluctantly, McKenna accepts the role of chosen one. With the amulet and after the rigors of the ritual, she takes on the spirit and powers of the raven, the good forces in the battle against evil, the wolf. McKenna's powers include a thirst for milk and great sexual energy, which she unleashes on her former boyfriend, Henry, a cop. The spirit of the wolf inhabits Nora, Henry's jilted lover. Nora unleashes some havoc of her own before a final showdown with the chosen one.
Carmen Electra as "The Chosen One". Meow!
Kind of hard to argue with that when one considers that during the time frame that this movie was made.......Carmen Electra was a very hot commodity back around 1998 when this movie was released.
This is a movie catfight you don't hear a whole lot about in the catfight community. It isn't going to dazzle you. It isn't going to make you jump out of your seat. In fact, it's quite possible you might watch this catfight once and never venture to watch it ever again.
However, we are talking about Carmen Electra here!
As for the movie itself, the IMBD plot above pretty much sums it up. This is a poorly filmed B movie but there are a couple of good things the movie has going for it. The biggest thing, and I think there will be some agreement here, is that Carmen Electra dons an absolutely smoking outfit in this flick in her heroine get-up.
The bad girl in this flick is a woman by the name of Debra Xavier. Granted, I've never heard of her. You probably haven't either. But, I must say, she plays a very wicked bad girl and is a very sexy woman indeed.
Carmen Electra's character goes by the name of McKenna Ray. Debra Xavier's character goes by the name of Nora. With that out of the way, let's proceed.
If you are interested in the film itself I want to be very brief and clear. This is one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen. The acting is horrible, if you are watching it to get your rocks off to nudity, DON'T, and please don't try to make any sense of the film. Yes, it's that bad. This is not to mention that the nudity is very brief and they use stunt doubles for Carmen Electra WAY too much. Including most of the nude parts! WTF?
HERE IS THE TRAILER:
Debra Xavier is the best actress in the movie. She is very good as a bad girl and really seems to get into her part. Carmen Electra was........well..........Carmen Electra. Enough said. I think the above trailer illustrates the points I'm trying to make about the movie perfectly.
So, enough of this crap! The Catfight! Meow!
The climax of the film, pardon my pun, finally arrives at the end of the movie. McKenna must face off against "The Wolf" played by the sultry Debra Xavier. After McKenna sacrificed 9 hours of her time in the cold night surrendering to the Raven (don't ask) the battle lines are drawn and it's gametime folks.
You see, Nora, the wolf, wants McKenna's necklace. With this necklace, she will be extremely powerful and be able to rule the entire world. It is the job of McKenna to stop Nora or all hell will break loose. (uh huh)
In a shoddy, broken down bar in the middle of "who knows where" McKenna walks through the door as Nora is awaiting her arrival.
MCKENNA: Hello Scumbag.
NORA: You have something of mine.
After a very brief interlude, McKenna's newfound boyfriend bursts through the door and then gets shot by a no name woman sitting at the bar. Nora makes an evil laugh as McKenna runs forward and grabs her throat as she continues to smile. She continues to smile in an evil way as she proclaims that she killed Emma (McKenna's sister) and tells McKenna to let the anger flow.
Next thing you know, McKenna is forced down to her knees with a knife to her throat as the dominant Nora yells at McKenna to "give her the crescent". Suddenly, McKenna transforms "time and space" and the two women appear in a place that I can only describe as what looks like an abandoned basketball court.
NORA: Not bad.
Nora doesn't seem to be fazed by the change in scenery as the keeps laughing in an evil way and the two women circle each other as the fight is about to begin. Nora takes the early advantage with some punches and well timed backslaps and then McKenna returns the favor with some punches of her own as she backs Nora up against the fence. (the special sound effects are.......ahem........wow........bad)
After McKenna strikes a blow to the face and stomach of Nora she slumps against the fence, but the fight is not over!
Nora takes McKenna's arm, locks it behind her back, and then slams McKenna's head against a brick wall a couple of times and then launches a barrage of hard left and right punches into McKenna's back and kidneys against the wall. However, McKenna recovers, launches a few more punches of her own, and then Nora hits the deck.
For some reason, McKenna seems to think the fight is over as she lets up. Nora then lets out a scream, grabs a lead pipe, and starts beating the holy hell out of McKenna with it as she laughs uncontrollably with absolute delight with every single hard hit.
Finally, the heroine McKenna is not moving, as Nora sticks her black high heel into McKenna's butt for good measure as the large permagrin on her face is simply not leaving. As Nora stands over McKenna dominantly, the camera pans some shots over McKenna's killer body, and then Nora decides she is going to continue the beating.
She picks up the bar again, and takes a couple of more hard shots, but McKenna sweeps her legs, magically shows up behind Nora, puts a knife to her throat, and says the following:
MCKENNA: Come into the light.
NORA: I will live in darkness.
McKenna then slits her throat. There is blood all over the place.
That's all folks!
FINAL WORD: Is this worth your money? I guess that will be your choice. The women are sexy and the catfight lasts a bit longer than the usual catfight which I guess is a plus. But, my goodness, this is one of the dumbest plots and set ups you will ever see in your life.
But.........the women are hot! The choice is yours!
Meow!
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