"I love it!" exclaimed Ai Ai whose antics on the big and small screens have made her today’s top comedienne. "I’ve always knows that I could fly!"
As Volta, Ai Ai’s character does fly in a story obviously inspired by similar fantasy-adventures such as Superman, Batman and Spider-Man where the main characters have the same mission: to save the earth from evil.
"I can identify with Volta in that sense," said Ai Ai. "I am also a champion of the oppressed."
Directed by Wenn Deramas from a screenplay by Mel del Rosario and Artemio Abad Jr., Volta also stars Jean Garcia and Diether Ocampo.
The film has it that according to legend, once every 100 years a superhero with the powers of lightning shows up to save mankind from the forces of evil. It is believed that if a person gets hit thrice by lightning and lives another day, he/she shall be the chosen one. Volta is it. (The name is derived from "volts," see?)
Ai Ai plays Perla, a dressmaker who lives and works for her siblings, Percy and Penny. She survives after being hit by lightning thrice and she becomes Volta, the super-heroine, when the needs arises, such as when Kelly/Celphora (Jean Garcia), an ambitious engineer, plans to spread evil in the country. Kelly/Celphora wants to use Volta in her evil scheme– to no avail. Instead, Volta becomes her fiercest enemy.
"I love this movie," said Ai Ai. "Even as a kid, I had always dreamed of being Darna or anybody who can fly, who can save the world. At last, Natupad din ang dream ko kahit sa pelikula lang!"