When Eagles Strike (released in the Philippines as Operation Balikatan) is a 2003 war action film co-produced and directed by Cirio H. Santiago.

The film stars ex-bodybuilder Christian Boeving, Stacy Keach, Davee Youngblood, Nate Adams, Eddie Garcia, Rey Malonzo, and Monsour del Rosario.

Boeving makes his own stunts during the filming, and he stated in the interview for AHF Magazine: "I get my ass severely kicked in the movie, which is something I'm sure a lot of people would like to do to me.

Then the project was released directly-to-DVD in such countries as Russia (under the title Когда орел атакует), Brazil (as O Ataque dos Águias; the film was tagged as based on a true story), and Japan (as Codename Eagle).

Scott Weinberg from eFilmCritic.com concluded: "One might be tempted to classify this movie as 'ripped from the headlines' when in fact 'ripped from the trash heap' would be an infinitely more accurate assessment.

"[7] In The German Lexicon of International Films it is stated that When Eagles Strike is a clichéd, stereotypical action movie riddled with references to the September 11 attacks.