Every year Hollywood producers approach the Pentagon asking for locations, technical advisers, Blackhawk helicopters, and aircraft carriers, and the military obliges, according to its own handbook, so long as the finished film helps recruiting and retention. Drawing on former Hollywood Reporter journalist David Robb's research, the film traces that arrangement back through Top Gun, credited with reviving military cooperation and, on-screen commentary argues, teaching a generation to love war. Specific cases carry the argument: the Marine Corps forced Windtalkers to cut a historically accurate scene of a soldier prying gold teeth from a dead Japanese soldier, and the Defense Department worked military storylines into the Mickey Mouse Club to reach children. Michael Moore appears discussing why audiences avoid anti-war films when they know their tax dollars fund the wars on screen. A separate strand follows the military's parallel relationship with video game makers, from Call of Duty training simulations to Army-funded engine technology. Forrest Gump, An Officer and a Gentleman, and Platoon are cited as proof the arrangement isn't mandatory, just convenient.