It stars Richard Dillane, Peter Brooke, Matthew Kane, Natasha Loring, Stephen Jennings, Andre Weideman with Abena Ayivor and Sivu Nobongoza.

A group of explorers from the British Cryptozoological Society (and two television cameramen) goes on an expedition into the Congo in search of a cryptid—the so-called Mokele-mbembe—which is believed to be a Plesiosaur called Elasmosaurus.

Now lost, they discover that the satellite phone they had with them was broken during the crash, Amara, their local guide, suggests to go to the village they saw while in the helicopter.

Luke proceeds into the jungle and stops at a high cliff, filming himself and Crypto, he says that the satellite phone has been crushed again and that he has to destroy the cameras to use the parts, he waves the camera over the view from the cliff, showing a big valley full of dinosaurs from afar which seems there is a herd of large sauropods,possibly Apatosaurus, just like what it seems to be a Tyrannosaurus rex-like theropod stalking the herd.

The floating backpack is found by men in a boat, who find video hard drives and tapes labelled "the Dinosaur Project" inside.

[3] Philip French of The Guardian wrote, "The CGI monsters are surprisingly convincing and children will identify with the intrepid 15-year-old lad who stows away on his dad's helicopter and turns up trumps by using his computer wizardry.

"[4] Nigel Andrews of The Financial Times awarded the film 4 out of 5 stars and called it "rip-roaring fun...Feature debutant Sid Bennett's motion-capture movie also does emotion capture.

"[5] Digital Spy awarded the movie 3 stars out of 5 and labelled it "Decent found-footage caper...The Dinosaur Project is good and undemanding fun.

There are enough sharp claws to overcome the flaws and ensure this is never a dino-bore...[6] Total Film awarded it three stars out of five and said "Though it's desperate to be the next Jurassic Park, there's little Spielbergian bite to this low-budget Brit flick.

Instead we get wobbly cameras and equally wobbly acting from a cast of unknowns as a group of explorers hunt dinos in the Congo....Its money shots generally impress, and the breakneck pace bounds over a multitude of sins – including Park's deadly dilophosaurus getting a makeover as a cute little critter that'll have the nippers cooing.

"[7] IGN awarded the film 4 out of ten and said "Writer-director Sid Bennett does manage to eek moments of tension out of the premise, and the vast African vistas glimpsed throughout are a joy to behold...a found footage flick that disappoints at just about every turn, and makes you wish the tapes had remained lost.

"[8] The Independent's Anthony Quinn awarded the film two stars out of five, writing, "The script stinks like dino-poo... but for all the silliness you may find yourself entertained.

[12] On its international cinema release, debuting in South East Asia, the movie was a commercial hit, entering the Malaysian box office charts in second position behind The Expendables 2.