Abel Morales needs people to see him as a good guy. As the heating oil salesman in A Most Violent Year grows his mini-empire in 1981 New York City, he has several encounters with people he clearly ...

In this image released by courtesy of A24, Jessica Chastain, left, and Oscar Isaac appear in a scene from the film, "A Most Violent Year." (AP Photo/A24, Atsushi Nishijima) ...

Played by Oscar Isaac—costumed and made-up to look like an uncanny mix of Al Pacino and Armand Assante—Abel Morales runs a heating oil distribution business in Long Island City. When the film ...