Spoiler alert: Morgan Spurlock does not actually find Osama bin Laden. He's not hanging out in his cave, he's not hiding out with old friends, and he certainly isn't in a Saudi supermarket in aisle nine by the Nutella.
So why would a seemingly normal guy dive headfirst into a fruitless and dangerous mission to find the world's most hated and feared criminal? One could argue that eating McDonald's cheeseburgers for 30 consecutive days can drive you completely insane. And maybe it did. As Spurlock explains to us in the movie, he begins pondering the dangers of the world when he learns his wife is pregnant. Therefore, he decides to track down Osama and deliver some vigilante style justice so his family could sleep soundly at night. All he has to do is elude the U.S. military, get Osama's closest pals to rat him out, and manage to not get firebombed in the process.
Preparation for his quixotic journey includes a crash course in survival training, where he learns how to survive an explosion and figure out which way to run based on what part of his comrade's head was blow apart. Scary stuff, especially for a guy who's going to be somebody's dad in a few months.
