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In 2000, Park directed ''[[Joint Security Area (film)|Joint Security Area]]'', which was a great success both commercially and critically, even surpassing [[Kang Je-gyu|Kang Je-gyu's]] ''[[Shiri (film)|Shiri]]'' as the then most-watched film ever made in South Korea.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/block-cinema/day-for-night-magazine/spring08/yellowsea.html|title=Yellow Sea Rising: The Resurrection of South Korean Cinema|website=Blockmuseum.northwestern.edu|access-date=30 August 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100609092628/http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/block-cinema/day-for-night-magazine/spring08/yellowsea.html|archive-date=9 June 2010}}</ref> This success made it possible for Park to make his next film more independently. ''[[Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance]]'' is the result of this creative freedom.
Park's unofficially-titled ''[[The Vengeance Trilogy|Vengeance Trilogy]]'' consists of ''[[Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance]]'' (2002), ''[[Oldboy (2003 film)|Oldboy]]'' (2003) and ''[[Lady Vengeance]]'' (2005). It was not originally intended to be a trilogy. Park won the [[Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)|Grand Prix]] at the [[2004 Cannes Film Festival]] for ''[[Oldboy (2003 film)|Oldboy]]''. The films concern the utter futility of vengeance and how it wreaks havoc on the lives of those involved.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.traumafilm.com/korean.htm|title=Contemporary South Korean Auteurs|access-date=7 May 2008|last=McConkey|first=Rachael|website=Traumafilm.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090427045435/http://www.traumafilm.com/korean.htm|archive-date=27 April 2009}}</ref> ''[[Lady Vengeance]]'' was distributed by [[Tartan Films]] for the United States theatrical release in April 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fangoria.com/home/news/16-dvd-a-blu-ray/4249-palisades-tartan-unleashes-the-8-disc-vengeance-trilogy-box.html|title=Palisades Tartan unleashes the 8-Disc VENGEANCE TRILOGY Box|website=Fangoria.com|access-date=6 November 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091015081654/http://fangoria.com/home/news/16-dvd-a-blu-ray/4249-palisades-tartan-unleashes-the-8-disc-vengeance-trilogy-box.html|archive-date=15 October 2009}}</ref> American director [[Quentin Tarantino]] is an avowed fan of Park. As the head judge at the [[2004 Cannes Film Festival]], he personally pushed for Park's ''Oldboy'' to be awarded the [[Palme d'Or]] (the honour eventually went to [[Michael Moore]]'s ''[[Fahrenheit 9/11]]'').<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-new-cult-canon-oldboy,2484|title=The New Cult Canon: Oldboy|website=Avclub.com|date=1 October 2008|access-date=28 August 2009}}</ref> ''Oldboy'' garnered the [[Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival)|Grand Prix]], Cannes's second-highest honour. Tarantino also regards Park's ''[[Joint Security Area (film)|Joint Security Area]]'' to be one of
In a May 2004 interview with ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'', Park listed [[Sophocles]], [[Shakespeare]], [[Kafka]], [[Dostoevsky]], [[Balzac]] and [[Kurt Vonnegut]] as influences on his career.<ref name="hollywoodreporter"/>
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