![]() ![]() The Joneses disobey orders and surrender to the Scorpion, but before the latter gets around to killing them, Karen is able to pass a knife to Natalie, giving the Joneses the opportunity to eliminate half of the Scorpion's henchmen. With their cover blown, Tim radios for back-up, but the operation is aborted and the Gaffneys are declared collateral damage. The Scorpion turns out to be a former MBI employee named Bruce Springstine, who recognizes Jeff. Jeff and Karen go to the hotel where the meeting takes place, while the Joneses back them up from the roof. When the Scorpion calls on Dan's phone, Jeff answers posing as Dan and arranges a meeting to deliver the microchips. They kidnapped Jeff's colleague Dan Craverston and his wife Meg, who are revealed to be trying to sell MBI's experimental microchips to an international arms dealer called "The Scorpion". Later, after lying to the police about the Joneses, the Gaffneys are frantically preparing to go on the run when the Joneses reappear alive and well in their basement. After they return to their houses, the Joneses trigger a bomb that blows up their house alone. Back in the cul-de-sac, Jeff gives Tim and Natalie some relationship advice and the two couples bond. The Gaffneys learn that the Joneses are actually trying to discover whether there is treason within MBI. They are rescued by the Joneses and a high-speed chase and shootout ensue. ![]() The Gaffneys arrange a private meeting with MBI's head of security, Carl Pronger to expose the Joneses, but before Carl can disclose classified details, he is killed by a sniper who also attacks the Gaffneys. Natalie notices the used pen gun on the floor, and they realize the Gaffneys had broken into their house. Natalie is worried Tim might be getting too close to Jeff, but they reveal they are in love with each other, which is also against the rules. They narrowly escape as the Joneses arrive. They discover files on Jeff and the other MBI employees and Jeff accidentally stuns Karen with a pen gun. Realizing the Joneses are spies, Karen decides to sneak into their house to find more evidence. One night, with the help of Natalie, Tim sneaks into the MBI building and looks over Jeff's emails.īack at their house, Jeff accidentally breaks the glass sculpture made by Tim that was given to them, revealing a bug among the shards. All the way through, Tim tries to have Jeff talk about his coworkers at the office. In exchange, Jeff takes Tim to indoor skydiving, a passion of his that none of his friends share. Meanwhile, Tim invites Jeff to an underground Chinese restaurant, where Jeff drinks snake wine and is bitten by a severed snake head, forcing Tim to save his life. Karen follows Natalie to the mall, but Natalie confronts her in a dressing room, defusing the situation with some female bonding. Karen starts having suspicions about the Joneses when she catches Tim poking around Jeff's den during a neighborhood block party, then witnesses Natalie doing what looks like a dead drop in a café. They are both impossibly good-looking, accomplished and stylish, yet overly friendly with the Gaffneys. Tim is a travel writer whose hobbies include glassblowing, and Natalie is a social media consultant, cooking blogger and philanthropist. They make the acquaintance of their new neighbors, Tim and Natalie Jones. ![]() He and his wife Karen live in a nice cul-de-sac with their two children, who are away at summer camp. Jeff Gaffney works as a human resources professional at MBI, a defense contractor company based in Atlanta. It received generally negative reviews and was a box office bomb, grossing just $29.9 million on a budget of $40 million. ![]() It grossed $5,461,475 during its opening week and $29.9 million worldwide, against a $40 million budget. Production began in the United States in 2015 and was released on October 21, 2016. Its story follows a suburban couple ( Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher) who begin to suspect their new neighbors ( Jon Hamm and Gal Gadot) are secret agents. Keeping Up with the Joneses is a 2016 American action comedy film directed by Greg Mottola and distributed by 20th Century Fox. ![]()
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