German filmmaker Fritz Lang hardly had any clue that his 1927 science-fiction movie Metropolis would be the inspiration for someone after decades to build a racetrack sculpture and name it Metropolis II.

Artist Chris Burden spent four years for building his large-scale kinetic sculpture that features 1,100 toy cars running fast through an elaborate system of roadway tracks, at speeds of up to 230mph.

Burden used steel beams to make the framework that has 18 roads, including one six-lane freeway and train tracks. Magnets are used to pull the tiny cars up the conveyor belts.

They can crash, they can fly off the track, they can bump into each other, Burden told ABC.

It wasn't about trying to make this scale model of something. It was more to evoke the energy of a city.

Take a look at Metropolis II below.

Metropolis II Artist Creates Futuristic Miniature City in LA
Volunteer Alison Walker watches miniature cars move along the elevated freeway at Chris Burden's large-scale kinetic sculpture, Metropolis II, during the media preview at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles, California January 11, 2012. The sculpture, modeled after a fast-paced futuristic city with 1,100 miniature cars running through an elaborate system of roadway tracks at a scale speed of about 240 miles per hour (386 kph), is meant to evoke the energy of a city. The exhibit opens to the public January 14. REUTERS/David McNew
Metropolis II Artist Creates Futuristic Miniature City in LA
An overhead view of Chris Burden's large-scale kinetic sculpture, Metropolis II, as seen during a media preview at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles, California January 11, 2012. The sculpture, modeled after a fast-paced futuristic city with 1,100 miniature cars running through an elaborate system of roadway tracks at a scale speed of about 240 miles-per-hour, is meant to evoke the energy of a city. The exhibit opens to the public Saturday, January 14. REUTERS/David McNew
Metropolis II Artist Creates Futuristic Miniature City in LA
Miniature cars move along the elevated freeway at Chris Burden's large-scale kinetic sculpture, Metropolis II, during the media preview at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles, California January 11, 2012. The sculpture, modeled after a fast-paced futuristic city with 1,100 miniature cars running through an elaborate system of roadway tracks at a scale speed of about 240 miles-per-hour, is meant to evoke the energy of a city. The exhibit opens to the public Saturday, January 14. REUTERS/David McNew
Metropolis II Artist Creates Futuristic Miniature City in LA
Miniature cars move along the elevated freeway at Chris Burden's large-scale kinetic sculpture, Metropolis II, during the media preview at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles, California January 11, 2012. The sculpture, modeled after a fast-paced futuristic city with 1,100 miniature cars running through an elaborate system of roadway tracks at a scale speed of about 240 miles per hour (386 kph), is meant to evoke the energy of a city. The exhibit opens to the public January 14. REUTERS/David McNew
Metropolis II Artist Creates Futuristic Miniature City in LA
Miniature cars move along the elevated freeway at Chris Burden's large-scale kinetic sculpture, Metropolis II, during the media preview at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) in Los Angeles, California January 11, 2012. The sculpture, modeled after a fast-paced futuristic city with 1,100 miniature cars running through an elaborate system of roadway tracks at a scale speed of about 240 miles per hour (386 kph), is meant to evoke the energy of a city. The exhibit opens to the public January 14. REUTERS/David McNew