Perhaps in 2043, Disney will make a top-notch movie based on its Haunted Mansion theme park ride. Powered by a typically engaging performance by its star, Eddie Murphy, 2003’s “The Haunted Mansion” performed pretty well at the box office, but it is a rather meandering affair. The second “Haunted Mansion” — in theaters this week, a few months shy of 20 years later — weaves a mostly different tale but is a similarly slightly scary-meets-family-friendly romp boasting a highly appealing ensemble led by Rosario Dawson, LaKeith Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish and Owen Wilson. It’s also similarly ho-hum. That’s disappointing given not only its cast — which also features Danny DeVito, Jamie Lee Curtis, and Jared Leto — but also its flavorful New Orleans setting and its director, Justin Simien, who wrote and directed 2014’s “Dear White People,” as well as episodes of the TV series of the same name. Things start out well enough, with our introduction to Ben (Stanfield), an astrophysicist, who, in a bar on New Year’s Eve, meets Alyssa (Charity Jordan), who leads ghost tours.

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